School Leadership and Racism: An Ecological Perspective. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brooks, Jeffrey S.; Watson, Terri N.
• Other Names: Welton Anjalé guest-editor.; Diem Sarah guest-editor.; Carpenter Bradley W. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Urban education. Volume 54:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 631
• Page End: 655
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: school leadership -- systemic racism -- institutional racism -- socio-cultural context; Education, Urban -- Periodicals; Enseignement en milieu urbain -- Périodiques; Éducation; Milieu urbain; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 370.91732
• DOI: 10.1177/0042085918783821
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-0859

Abstract

This article reports results from a single-school case study that explored the ways racism influences (and is influenced by) racism. The study examined the ways racism is manifest at different levels of the system: individual, dyadic, subcultural, institutional, and societal. In doing so, the authors sought to understand how racism influences leadership practice within and across each of these levels, meaning as a whole they were considered as an ecological model. Findings suggested pretext, context and posttext are important, and that individual educators' leadership is influenced by ever-changing racial dynamics in their school.