Racial Paradise? Transnational Antiblack Racism and a Global Critical Race Theorization of Social Studies Education

• In Event: Social Identities and Power Relationships in Social Studies Education

Abstract

Only in its adolescence phase as a theoretical construct in social studies education, critical race theory has dismantled Eurocentric epistemologies of citizenship through transformative critiques of social studies research and curriculum. However, global education—a significant body of research in social studies—remains Eurocentric and deracialized, thus necessitating a critical race lens towards its research. Yet critical race theory is limited as its tenets derive from experiences with race, racism, and racialization from a U.S. context. In this conceptual analysis, I use anti-Black racism in Latin America to illustrate how critical race theory can be reframed for a global critique of racism. I conclude with a call for research that centralizes race in social studies research pertinent to global education.

Author

• Christopher L. Busey, University of Florida