Race and Pedagogy Project
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Jul 09
Key Assumptions Underlying Critical Race Theory
Handout from Critical Race Theory on July 9, 2008 Race is socially constructed product of social thought and relations. Racism is normal, ordinary and ingrained into society, making it difficult to recognize. Traditional claims of neutrality, objectivity, and color-blindness must be contested in order to reveal the self-interests of dominant groups. Social justice platforms and …
Jul 09
Critical Race Theory: First Day
one critique is that it uncovers what exists but not how we put it into action The question — what is my race: what the students said: multicultural — EuroAmerican White Mutt African American or Black — the more I read and the workd I do in my writing — am I Black or am …
Jun 03
Ryan E. Gildersleeve discussion
Allow Ryan — opening remarks or clarifications — with anything that could have been misunderstood. Maybe start with the one you had a reaction to — OpeningI think the group did a great job representing the work — I wish there was a bit more critique. Hopefully this conversation can lead to critique. I applaud …
May 27
FINAL PAPER: Resev 615
Knowing the field well enough to know where entry points exist — it is reading critically and in relation to each other… if you have read 10 articles — how do they relate to each other? You are not reading critically enough… Next week:1 – page single-spaced precis (pretty way of saying an analytical summary …
May 27
Dr. Chang's Discussion in RESEV 615 on May 27
When I look through these questions I am able to group some of them Framing the ConversationWhat is racial diversity?What do we mean by diversity?Why does racial diversity matter?Why does it work? Why is it educationally relevant?What is wrong with diversity?Where do we go from here? Limit to racial diversity — most of my work …
May 27
CLASS: Affirmative Action
Would we like to create an affirmative action policy for Iowa State University?— How and why WILL practice— How and why ISU will not practice WILL: to create an equally conducive environment for all shareholders on campus provides a way to enrich the collegiate experience for shareholders by providing access to all via employment or …
May 27
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Would we like to create an affirmative action policy for Iowa State University?— How and why WILL practice— How and why ISU will not practice OR Draft a research design for studying an affirmative action policy To keep in mind:— what do we need to know?— what are the purposes of the policy?— what are …
May 27
The word "Race"
How interesting — I have been alive for how many years — 39… and I have never thought about the word “race” and that it is literally a “race.” Race as in someone will always “win” someone will always lose… why do we think the word “race” came into play? Was it because of the …