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Record Nr.

UNINA9910574044503321

Autore

Poku Veronica

Titolo

Black student teachers' experiences of racism in the white school : strategies of resilience and survival / / Veronica Poku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-030-96064-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Race, Inequality and Social Justice in Education

Disciplina

929.374

Soggetti

Elementary schools

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Prologue -- Note on Terminology -- Bibliography -- Praise for Black Student Teachers' Experiences of Racism in the White School -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Black Teacher, White System: Critical Race Theory and the Contours of Racism -- Black Students and Teacher Education -- Critical Race Theory -- Racism -- Whiteness and White supremacy -- White Privilege -- Contours of Racism -- What Was Happening in Schools? -- Government Drive to Change the Face of Teacher Training -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: CRT and Narrative Inquiry: Storytelling and Tackling the 'master narrative' with Counter-Narratives -- Black Students and Teacher Education -- Critical Race Theory (CRT) -- Racism -- Whiteness and White Supremacy -- White Privilege -- Microaggressions: Symptoms of Whiteness -- Institutional Racism -- Institutional Policies: Acts of Interest Convergence? -- School Policies -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Storytelling: Legacy of the Griot(te) -- A Black Feminist Perspective on Teacher Education -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Managing a Black Identity in White Spaces or Strategies of 'Becoming' White -- Who Am I? Where Do I Fit In? -- Fitting In and 'Acting White' -- Fitting In and 'Acting White': Cultural Identity -- Misrecognition and Identity -- Misrecognition and Microaggressions -- Gravity of Whiteness and the Markers of a Cultural Identity -- Survival Strategies: Fictive Kinship and Withstanding the Gravity of Whiteness -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Why Does ITE Matter? -- What Has Been Learnt? -- Key Finding 1 --



Unconscious Bias and Emotional Work -- Key Finding 2 -- Minstrelsy, Wearing of Masks and De-centring -- Key Finding 3 -- Places of Sanctuary, Safe Spaces and Coping Strategies -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Discussion and Conclusion -- Introduction -- Epilogue: Sankofa -- Bibliography.

Chapter 7: Final Thoughts: More Things Change, More Things Stay the Same -- Contribution to Professional Practice and Implications -- Reflections and Adaptations -- Quo Vadis? -- Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index.