ERIC Number: EJ1035765
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-5684
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Multiculturalism, Teaching Slavery, and White Supremacy
Bery, Sadhana
Equity & Excellence in Education, v47 n3 p334-352 2014
This article argues that multiculturalism, especially when it is led and controlled by Whites, and in the absence of collective anti-racist struggles, can reproduce the ontologies, epistemologies, and practices of white supremacy. I use a case study of a reenactment of Atlantic black slavery, produced by white teachers to investigate whether multiculturalism can be more than a technology of white supremacy. I conclude that by employing the restored behaviors of slavery, the reenactment failed to add to an interrogation of whiteness and anti-racism. Instead of contributing to the reformation of whiteness and the empowering of Blacks, it reinforced anti-blackness. I end with a discussion of how to teach slavery ethically.
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Whites, Social Justice, Racial Bias, Case Studies, African Americans, United States History, Slavery, Teaching Methods, Ethics, Social Theories, Critical Theory, Curriculum Development, Drama, Multicultural Education, Program Development, African American History, African Culture, Racial Factors, Grade 6, Participant Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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