Confronting colorblindness. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fergus, Edward
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 98:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 35
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721717690362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

Colorblindness is socially acceptable bias that lives in our personal and institutional beliefs. Its existence inhibits our ability to recognize and respond to the realities of the lives of students of color. The author outlines several activities that educators can use to surface beliefs about race during staff meetings and the like .