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Welcome to:

Building Anti-Racist Schools:


Talking about Race and Racism with Students

Bianca Anderson| Dallas- Fort Worth Director, Border Crossers

@bordercrossers
#DisruptRacism
bordercrossers.org
Our Objectives
• Enhance understanding of the how race and racism manifest in
classrooms, schools and the lived experiences of students
• Practice applying a racial equity lens to scenarios related to
race and racism in educational settings
• Gain strategies for creating racial equity in classrooms,
schools, and educational settings
Agenda
I. Setting the Stage
• How Children Come to See Race
• Reflecting on our own experience

II. Analysis
• Manifestations of Racism in Schools

III. Application
• Scenario Analysis
Community Agreements
• Be a learner and take risks

• Keep the focus on race and racism in the US

• Assume positive intent and take


responsibility for impact

• Expect and accept a lack of closure


Mingle Huddle

When I talk about race


or racism, I feel…
Mingle Huddle

The last time


I talked about
race/ racism at my school/
organization was…
Mingle Huddle

One challenge I am
facing in addressing
race/ racism at my
school/ organization is…
Why should we talk about race and
racism with children?
Initial awareness of race begins at six months or even earlier.
Children of Color ( >5 yrs old) show evidence of being aware of & negatively
impacted by stereotypes about their racial group (Hirschfeld, 2008)
Children should be “presented with appropriate –
not dumbed down – descriptions of the nature and
scope of structural racial inequity.”
(Hirschfeld, 2008)
“Smog in the air. Sometimes it is so thick it is
visible, other times it is less apparent, but always,
day in and day out, we are breathing it in.”
(Tatum, 1997)
“Kids on Race”
What is racism?
Racism
A system of social structures that provides or
denies access, safety, resources and power based
on race categories and produces and reproduces
race-based inequities.

It affects us individually, is built into our


institutions and is woven into the fabric of our
culture.
Though racism is a system, it has
many manifestations.

Here are three…


Three ways
racism
Institutional
manifests…
Interpersonal

Internalized
Redlining
School to Prison Pipeline

The way racism manifests itself


within various institutions in
society. This includes the policies
and practices that perpetuate a
Institutional cycle of racial inequity and are
Racism promoted (overtly or subtly) by
institutions (i.e. schools,
government, housing, media).

Media

Stop and Frisk


Food Deserts
School Discipline
Language S

Multiculturalism Vs. Anti-Racism


Consciously or subconsciously
discriminating against a person or a
group simply because of their race.

This is usually manifested through


Interpersonal communication (verbal or non-
verbal) or actions. It occurs when
Racism those with racial privilege (White
people) discriminate against,
isolate, minimize the experience of
or oppress those with no (historical)
structural power (People of Color).

Social Exclusion
Microaggressions Financial Aid Assumptions
An individual’s conscious or
subconscious acceptance of a racial
hierarchy in which White people are
consistently ranked above People of
Color.

It is manifested by, but not limited to,


exhibiting patterns of thinking that
one’s racial group is inferior (i.e. as
Internalized questioning ones’ self worth based on
their racial identity) or/and or thinking
Racism
aspects of the dominant culture are
superior (i.e. assuming Whiteness is the
‘normal’).

I Belong Here Owning Vs. Renting


Is that really racist? Code Switching
Let me show you what is! Having all the Answers
How do
students
Institutional
experience…
Interpersonal

Internalized

…racism?
Talking about race and racism
provides children with an
understanding, awareness and
vision of racial equity and justice.
When someone with the authority of
a teacher describes the world and you
are not in it, there is a moment of
psychic disequilibrium, as if you
looked into a mirror and saw nothing.
- Adrienne Rich
Scenario Work

Applying a Racial Equity Lens:

How is institutional, interpersonal or internalized racism


manifesting in this scenario?
Scenario 1
I am a third grade teacher, and on Mondays we talk about current
events. I usually ask students to share about something in the news
that’s on their mind. When it was Ryan’s turn, he tells me about
how he saw Donald Trump give a speech on TV. He then proceeds
to say, “He said that Mexicans are bad and that he is going to build
a wall so they won’t hurt us…” Linda, who’s Mexican, gets really
upset and screams at Ryan and says, “That’s not fair!” Ryan is
shocked by the response and quietly says “My mom said it was
true.” At this point, everyone at in the room is quiet and all eyes
are on Linda.
Scenario 2
Today in my 8th grade US History class, I introduced a unit on
the civil rights movement. We talked about the marches in the
60s and the fight for equal rights then, and made connections to
the current struggles today. We discussed the protests in
response to the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando
Castile, Alton Sterling, and more… and why people were
marching. One student said, “Because the cops are all racists
who hate Black people.” To which another student responded
—“My dad is a police officer and he’s not a racist…people just
need to know how to behave…it’s not always about race.”
Scenario Work
What strategies could you apply to this situation, in
short-term and long-term?

• Short Term: What would you say/ do in the


moment?
• Long Term: How could you and/ or the institution
follow-up?
Strategy Brainstorm
Short Term Long Term
Breathe Educate yourself
Affirm child Talk about race and the impact
Inquire of systemic racism as a
community
Continue the conversation
Analyze school structures
Intervene through a racial equity lens
Apply a racial equity lens Be proactive and build
alliances
Closing Reflection
What are you taking away from today?
Where was your growing edge today?
What is one action you could put into place upon
return to school/organization tomorrow?
Thank you.

[email protected]

www.bordercrossers.org

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