Interrogating Democracy, Education, and Modern White Supremacy: A Re-Constitution Toward Racially Just Democratic Teacher Education

• In Event: Pluralizing, Democratizing, and Decolonizing Teacher Education

Abstract

Using critical race theory (CRT) and critical studies of whiteness, we theoretically explore a new “constitution” for the state of education, specifically teacher education, in today’s climate to posit whether democratic education can truly exist in the midst of systemic racism. We consider examples from within both teacher education and U.S. society writ large, then offer recommendations to create a more racially just teacher education.

Authors

• Cheryl E. Matias, University of San Diego

• Sharim Hannegan-Martinez, University of Michigan

• Julian Vasquez Heilig, Western Michigan University