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ERIC Number: EJ1255984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Backpack of Whiteness: Releasing the Weight to Free Myself and My Students
McCormack, Shashray
Urban Education, v55 n6 p937-962 Jul 2020
This essay decenters whiteness and centers who I am as a Black teacher weighed down by boulders representing the dominance of whiteness and internalized racism as well as the institutional and social systems within which I dwell. Slowly, I release them through partnerships, "remembered" histories, "re-righted" curriculum, and confidence in self-worth. While I write about degradation, marginalization, disrespect, and omission of my Blackness in relationships with universities, I also write about supportive partnerships with Professional Dyads of Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT) Colleagues of Color, administrators, and students emphasizing that, at the end of the day, the partner I must hold onto first is me.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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