Beyond discomfort? Equity coaching to disrupt whiteness. Issue 2 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blaisdell, Benjamin
• Is Part Of: Whiteness and education. Volume 3:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 162
• Page End: 181
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Critical race theory (CRT) -- white discourse -- equity coaching -- counternarrative -- dialogic performance; Racism in education -- Periodicals; White people -- Education -- Periodicals; White people -- Race identity -- Periodicals; Multicultural education -- Periodicals; 371.829
• DOI: 10.1080/23793406.2019.1569477
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-3406

Abstract

ABSTRACT: White discourse is a discourse that functions to support white supremacy. Based on an ethnographic study in a U.S. elementary school, this article analyses how white teachers use appeals to discomfort as a form of white discourse to resist school-based racial equity work. It also examines how equity coaching – an approach to professional development rooted in critical race theory – can be used to augment the voices of teachers of colour, reframe narratives of discomfort, and disrupt the power of white discourse.