What Can White People Do? Whiteness and Education in the Current Moment

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to consider and provide examples of how white scholars, teachers, and activists might combat white supremacy in their thinking, moving, feeling, and action in the current moment. The papers in this panel detail and examine conceptual and practical ways in which white people are reckoning with whiteness in their work as teachers, researchers, and activists. Work shared here will provide insight into how white people might move with patience, caution, and detailed intention as they grapple with white supremacy.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 2: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Curricular Questions

Chair

• James C. Jupp, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

Papers

• More Work Is Needed - Samuel Jaye Tanner, University of Iowa

• Theorizing White Fear and Redirecting Research on White Teachers - Timothy J. Lensmire, University of Minnesota

• Interrogating the Functionality of Stereotypes of Racist White Women - Erin Till Miller, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• The Possibility of Low-High Spaces in White Teacher Education - Jonathan D McCausland, Pennsylvania State University

Discussant

• Justin Grinage, University of Minnesota