ERIC Number: EJ940678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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The Four Personae of Racism: Educators' (Mis)Understanding of Individual vs. Systemic Racism
Young, Evelyn Y.
Urban Education, v46 n6 p1433-1460 Nov 2011
This study used CRT to engage educators in critical discourse regarding the persistence of racism in urban schooling. A combined method of action research and critical case study was employed to raise a group of educators' race consciousness through antiracist training. Findings revealed conflicting views of racism as an individual pathology vs. a systemic problem, which led to the development of four personae of racism: the conscious perpetrators, the unconscious perpetrators, the deceived perpetrators/activists, and the enlightened perpetrators/activists. The study found that the participants were largely deceived by their social activism to recognize their perpetuation of racism through their practice. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Activism, Action Research, Misconceptions, Social Bias, Social Attitudes, Social Theories, Critical Theory, Consciousness Raising, Teacher Attitudes, Social Justice, Attitude Change, Social Change, Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Whites, Minority Group Children, Urban Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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