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Racial Justice and the Emotional Dichotomy: Reading Emotion in Critical Educators' Narratives on Politics and Policy amid Protest
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Grosland, Tanetha; Matias, Cheryl E. – Journal of School Leadership, 2023
In this essay, we contend that there continues to be a lack of attentiveness in educational leadership and policy to addressing how critical educators "emotionally" navigate social and political issues generally, and racism particularly--both of which are emotional issues. As such, using brief examples of reflections from critical…
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Urban Education, Psychological Patterns
When Whiteness Creeps Back In: An Analytic Look at Whiteness in Urban Education School Reform
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Matias, Cheryl E.; Rucker, Jeremy – Whiteness and Education, 2018
This paper presents an analysis of how education reform in Denver Public Schools (DPS) fails to reach its targeted goal of closing achievement gaps between white students and Students of Colour based on its investment in Whiteness. Using a theoretical framework grounded in critical whiteness studies, we trace a history in DPS that includes legal…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Education, Whites, White Students
Breakin' down Whiteness in Antiracist Teaching: Introducing Critical Whiteness Pedagogy
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Matias, Cheryl E.; Mackey, Janiece – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Because of the changing nature of race the role of antiracist teaching is a forever-evolving process. Acknowledging that the majority of the U.S. teaching force, from K-12 to teacher education in institutions of higher education, are white middle-class females, it becomes imperative to unveil pedagogical applications of critical whiteness studies.…
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Whites, Critical Theory
"Why Do You Make Me Hate Myself?": Re-Teaching Whiteness, Abuse, and Love in Urban Teacher Education
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Matias, Cheryl E. – Teaching Education, 2016
Teacher educators are constantly trying to improve the field to meet the needs of a growing urban populace. Inclusion of socially just philosophies in the curriculum is indeed essential, yet it can mask the recycling of normalized, oppressive Whiteness. This reflective and theoretical paper employs critical race theory and critical Whiteness…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Whites, Racial Attitudes, Critical Theory
Tears Worth Telling: Urban Teaching and the Possibilities of Racial Justice
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Matias, Cheryl E. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2013
Silencing race dialogue in urban classrooms is painful for students of color. The author of this article, an urban teacher, documents her resistance to colorblind racism by strategically including race in daily classroom practices. She argues that acknowledging emotionality and Whiteness are essential steps that teachers must take to reinvest in…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Social Justice, Racial Bias, Classroom Techniques
Check Yo'self before You Wreck Yo'self and Our Kids: Counterstories from Culturally Responsive White Teachers? . . . To Culturally Responsive White Teachers!
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Matias, Cheryl E. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2013
Numerous studies show the effectiveness of culturally responsive teaching with urban students of color. Yet few articulate the dynamics of how whiteness impacts the delivery of culturally responsive teaching. Using critical "whiteness" studies, critical race theory, and Black feminist concepts, this article interrogates the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Urban Education, Minority Group Students, Whites