ERIC Number: EJ1248393
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 26
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The Passive Voice of White Supremacy: Tracing Epistemic and Discursive Violence in World History Curriculum
Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, v42 n1 p1-26 2020
In an increasingly diverse U.S. society, schools maintain Eurocentrism and White supremacy through curriculum, failing to give marginalized populations (and students of color in particular) space to make sense of the world from their particular positions. This maintenance of White supremacy also means that White students do not learn how to better understand nor contextualize global difference in its own right. This paper asks: How is power over the world history framework's narrative operationalized through discourse? In particular, what are the forms of epistemic violence, and the grammars of violence, within the world history curricular framework that structure power relations? Through discourse analysis, this paper argues that the New York State global history and geography curriculum framework maintains an order of White supremacy through epistemic violence and discursive grammars of violence.
Descriptors: History Instruction, Violence, Whites, Power Structure, Discourse Analysis, Geography Instruction, Disadvantaged, White Students, Cultural Differences, Self Concept, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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