ERIC Number: EJ1254971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
Pages: 12
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Teachers Are People Too: Examining the Racial Bias of Teachers Compared to Other American Adults
Starck, Jordan G.; Riddle, Travis; Sinclair, Stacey; Warikoo, Natasha
Educational Researcher, v49 n4 p273-284 May 2020
Schools are heralded by some as unique sites for promoting racial equity. Central to this characterization is the presumption that teachers embrace racial equity and teaching about this topic. In contrast, others have documented the ongoing role of teachers in perpetuating racial inequality in schools. In this article, we employ data from two national data sets to investigate teachers' explicit and implicit racial bias, comparing them to adults with similar characteristics. We find that both teachers and nonteachers hold pro-White explicit and implicit racial biases. Furthermore, differences between teachers and nonteachers were negligible or insignificant. The findings suggest that if schools are to effectively promote racial equity, teachers should be provided with training to either shift or mitigate the effects of their own racial biases.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Equal Education, Teacher Characteristics, Individual Characteristics, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, National Surveys, Racial Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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