White Supremacy as a Personnel Problem: Making Visible the Hidden Emotional Labor of Students of Color in Predominately White Teacher Education Programs

• In Event: 15.027 - Equity and Inclusion Issues in Teacher Recruitment and Retention Research

Abstract

What happens when a predominately white teacher education program successfully recruits a small group of racially conscious African American women, only to place them with white cooperating teachers and University supervisors who are not themselves racially conscious? How can teacher educators be both proactive about and responsive to moments when the critical instruction these students receive is not embodied or reflected in their mentors’ work? As the 2019 conference theme suggests, such moments, and the broader contexts in which they are situated, can deepen historical oppressions in the lives of individuals and communities.

Author

• Ann Mogush Mason, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities