42.064 - Race Theory and Educational Research: The Power of "Representations"

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Presenters in this session employ a cultural studies framework to connect theories of race and racism to the material issues and problems under study. Their goal is to bring theory and empirical data into a meaningful conversation. Discussions are organized around the role of ideology and culture as central aspect of schooling, and around schools as key sites in which dominant representations of racial identity are employed and reinforced. As such, presenters identify the cultural arena of schools as sites where chances of equal educational opportunities for students of color continue to be hindered. Panel members then tackle the question of how we can turn this knowledge into action to improve those chances instead.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education

Chair

• Zeus Leonardo, University of California - Berkeley

Papers

• Getting Killed by Getting Along: The Strangulation of (Black) Suffering in Elementary Education - Ellen Lin, University of California - Berkeley

• Role Models Without Guarantees: The Cultural Politics of Latino Male Teacher Representation - Michael Singh, Berkeley University of California

• Linguistic Racialization: How Language Represents Race and Produces Internalized Inferiorities - Maliheh M. Vafai, Santa Clara University

• Decolonization of the Safety Discourse in Education: A Shift Toward Spiritual Pedagogies - Gema Cardona, Berkeley University of California

Discussant

• Roland Sintos Coloma, Northern Kentucky University