ERIC Number: EJ727803
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep-22
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1068-3844
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When the Rules Are Fair, but the Game Isn't
Jost, Muktha; Whitfield, Edward L.; Jost, Mark
Multicultural Education, v13 n1 p14 Fall 2005
This article discusses the inequality in public education. The core issues of educational inequality are related to matters of race, social justice, democratic equality, and the diversity curriculum. Many of these issues are only marginally understood or accepted as legitimate by most teachers, teacher educators, and administrators (of any race) who are entrusted with the equal education of all children. Based on their own experiences, most White teachers are blind to issues of racial inequity, and often refuse to recognize differences that separate races. They believe that society is fair and just. In fact they believe that the United States was built on principles of fairness, justice, and equality. For most Black teachers, on the other hand, race is a concept that they cannot ignore. It is a concept they have to reconcile with on a daily basis, and many of them understand institutional racism at a gut level, but are reluctant to articulate it. This classroom activity provides a visceral experience in helping remove those blinders. The authors present findings and insights culled from teaching a constantly redesigned graduate level course in diversity issues, a required course for all graduate students in education. This course is being taught at a historically black university with a classroom composition of 60% Black teachers and 40% White teachers. About 80% of course participants tend to be teachers in surrounding schools.
Descriptors: Race, Minority Groups, Equal Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Racial Composition, African American Students, Racial Differences, Hispanic American Students, Asian American Students, Graduate Students, Whites
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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