How to Talk About Race
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PART ONE | ESSENTIAL BELIEFS | CULTURAL PROFICIENCY AND ANTI-RACISM
CHAPTER QUICK GUIDE
Essential Beliefs:
Racism in our society and a dearth of cultural proficiency in our classrooms exerts a downward force on the achievement of students of color that must be met with active countermeasures.
p With a culturally proficient teacher, students feel included and that they have a place in the classroom.
p Racism is a social construct that operates as a system of oppression based on race.
p Racism shows up in a variety of forms: internalized racism, externalized racism, institutionalized racism, and systemic racism.
p Manifestations of racism carry over into school and curriculum as stereotypes, distortions, or omission of non-white cultures.
Six Stages of Cultural Proficiency:
(1) Cultural Destructiveness, (2) Cultural Incapacity, (3) Cultural Blindness, (4) Cultural Pre-Competence, (5) Cultural Competence, and (6) Cultural Proficiency.
The Anti-Racism Continuum:
(1) Racism, (2) Color Blindness, (3) Awareness of Racial Identity, (4) Awareness of White Privilege, and (5) Active Anti-Racism.
To check your knowledge about Beliefs: Cultural Proficiency and Anti-Racism, see the exercises on The Skillful Teacher website at www.RBTeach.com/TST7.
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NOTES
PART TWO: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
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PART TWO | MANAGEMENT | INTRODUCTION