ABSTRACT

Confronting Racism in Teacher Education aims to transform systematic and persistent racism through in-depth analyses of racial justice struggles and strategies in teacher education. By bringing together counternarratives of critical teacher educators, the editors of this volume present key insights from both individual and collective experiences of advancing racial justice. Written for teacher educators, higher education administrators, policy makers, and others concerned with issues of race, the book is comprised of four parts that each represent a distinct perspective on the struggle for racial justice: contributors reflect on their experiences working as educators of Color to transform the culture of predominately White institutions, navigating the challenges of whiteness within teacher education, building transformational bridges within classrooms, and training current and inservice teachers through concrete models of racial justice. By bringing together these often individualized experiences, Confronting Racism in Teacher Education reveals larger patterns that emerge of institutional racism in teacher education, and the strategies that can inspire resistance.

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

part I|32 pages

Paving the Way

chapter 2|8 pages

Identity Matters

My Life as a [Puerto Rican] Teacher Educator

chapter 3|6 pages

The Transformative Lives We Lead

Making Teacher Education Ours

chapter 4|7 pages

Tales From the Dark Side

Reflections of Blackness and Maleness in Teacher Education

part II|38 pages

Navigating Whiteness

chapter 6|7 pages

Privileging the Pragmatic

Interrogating Stance in Teacher Preparation

chapter 7|7 pages

“Written All Over My Face”

A Black Man's Toll of Teaching White Students about Racism

chapter 8|7 pages

“No, Really… Call Me Crazy”

Reclaiming Identity through Vulnerability in Teacher Education

chapter 10|8 pages

You Just Don't See Me!

The “Puerto Rico Incident” and the Choice of Freedom from Silence

part III|36 pages

Building for Transformation

chapter 11|6 pages

Black Teacher Educator, White Teacher Interns

How I Learned to Bring My Whole Self to My Work

chapter 12|6 pages

Khaki Drag

Race, Gender, and the Performance of Professionalism in Teacher Education

chapter 13|7 pages

“Democratic” for Whom?

Teaching Racial Justice through Critical Pedagogy

chapter 14|8 pages

Solidarity as Praxis

Injury, Ethics, and Hope in Teacher Education

chapter 15|7 pages

“Ew, Why Are You Wearing a Pink Shirt, Mister?”

How a Kindergartner Led Me to Complicate Racial Justice Teaching

part IV|39 pages

Pushing the Borders of Teacher Education

chapter 16|6 pages

Talking Race, Delving Deeper

The Racial Literacy Roundtable Series at Teachers College, Columbia University

chapter 20|6 pages

The Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice

Cultivating Community, Healing, and Transformative Praxis

chapter 21|7 pages

Growing Our Own Hope

The Development of a Pin@y Teacher Pipeline