Race Matters in the Classroom
Wabash Center Blog Series: "Race Matters in the Classroom"
Posts from 2014 to 2017
This blog was started in response to the need for a forum on race and teaching theology and religion in the wake of the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown and subsequent protests and police response in Ferguson, Missouri. We have purposively framed the blog more broadly than this single incident.
Teaching for racial and social justice, dismantling the structures of white privilege in academia, and diversifying the faculty, the students, and the canon, are abiding concerns of the Wabash Center and many of our colleagues in the WabashNation.
See as well: "Race Matters Teaching Tactics" -- Published by ARTS Online
Nine contributors to the Wabash Center's “Race Matters” blog contribute short teaching tactics they have used to help students engage difference in meaningful ways.
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Keeping it Real: Emotional Display Behaviour
Blog Series: Race Matters in the Classroom
September 08, 2014
Tags: teaching and emotions | racism | teaching moments | current events
I didn’t plan to bring it up. In fact, I had made a conscious decision to not talk about it. But, in the middle of class, I said something. I had to. I still wonder if I made the right decision. August 27 was the first day of my Theology ...
#FergusonSyllabus: The #FergusonFiasco and Teaching African American Theology
Blog Series: Race Matters in the Classroom
September 04, 2014
Tags: racism | student assignments | teaching with media | teaching African American Theology
I had already completed the syllabus. The required textbook, reading assignments, videos, and other class material already assigned. Matter of fact, I had already sent the syllabus out to the students so they could get an early start on the reading. Everything was done and after my trip to the ...
Ferguson on the First Day?
Blog Series: Race Matters in the Classroom
September 02, 2014
Tags: racism | anti-racism | current events
I am organized. I have to-do lists, stop-doing lists, someday lists, and checklists galore. When it’s time to prep for the semester, I pull up my teaching Excel spreadsheet and get to work. Order books. Revise syllabus. Set up BlackBoard. And request to be assigned to my favorite sunny ...