Becoming an Anti-Racist Music Educator: Resisting Whiteness in Music Education. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hess, Juliet
• Is Part Of: Music educators journal. Volume 107:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 14
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: anti-racism -- aurality -- music education -- racism -- repertoire -- Whiteness; Music -- Instruction and study -- United States -- Periodicals; 780.71
• DOI: 10.1177/00274321211004695
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0027-4321

Abstract

In this article, I propose some ways that music educators might become anti-racist. I explore the ways that Whiteness manifests in music education and subsequently examine actions we might take to resist this Whiteness. Ultimately, I suggest anti-racism as a way forward for music education. I delineate some of the ways that Whiteness operates in music education, not to discourage educators but rather to encourage us to notice the way Whiteness pervades our field.