"Don't Judge Me Just Because You See This White Face!" One Urban Teacher's Story

• In Event: Multiple Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers

Abstract

Using narrative inquiry, this study employed a Critical Race Theory lens to examine the ways in which one teacher's identity influenced her ideologies and experiences in an urban school. Strong themes which emerged from the findings included: the role in which early life experiences plays into shaping identity and ideologies; particular experiences one has had with regard to race and racism; the interactions and relationships teachers form with their students; intersectionalities between race, class, and gender and the ways such factors impact one's identity and experiences; and, whether the participant exhibited colorblind versus critically conscious ideologies about race.

Author

• Talonda Michelle Lipsey, Edgewood College