Revolutionary Teachers Build a Classroom Community

• In Event: Revolutionary Love: The Role of Antiracism in Affirming the Literacies of Black and Latinx Elementary Youth

Abstract

This paper addresses the need for teacher educators to embody the critical role of supporting pre-service teachers (PSTs) with disrupting the persuasiveness of whiteness when cultivating classroom communities. In order to cultivate an anti-racist classroom community, it is imperative to recognize the ways white dominant cultural norms shape classroom norms and interactions. Creating an anti-racist classroom community begins with rejecting white supremacist cultural standards and centering cultural and heritage knowledge (King & Swartz, 2016) that honors collectiveness, compassion, and multiple ways of knowing.

Author

• Natasha A Thornton, Kennesaw State University