Title: Teaching About White Privilege - Educators 4 Social Change
Headings: Teaching About White Privilege
Teaching About White Privilege
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Content: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and Racism: This article from the Anti-Defamation League explains 9 concrete ways to engage students in anti-bias education while maintaining an empathetic and critical consciousness about the context of the classroom. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Peggy McIntosh begins this notable article by saying, “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group.” This article helps explain how white privilege is a result of the system of white supremacy that gives all white people dominance at the cost of subordinating all other people. This article is a great introduction for students to the idea of white privilege, with many examples ranging from having your skin tone match the color of generic band-aids to feeling safe when going shopping. This article puts white privilege into the personal context and should lead into encouraging students to take actions to change these status quos that privilege some and marginalize others. How Should I Talk About Race in My Mostly White Classroom?: This article is directed at teachers in predominantly white classrooms who wish to be agents of change in their own communities.