This article conceptualizes "Desirablizing Whiteness" as a discursive practice. Desirablizing Whiteness occurs when equity efforts aim to include racially minoritized students in actions, situations, formats, and settings where they have been absent or underrepresented, and which have been the "property" of Whites. The…

"Dis ease" refers to the state of being that leads one to investigate the easy assumptions and life norms that frame both conscious choice and unconscious behavior. Whereas disease reflects a medical model of diagnosis, treatment and cure, "dis ease" challenges dominant frames of reference and rejects simple solutions to…

Policy making can be viewed as a large-scale attempt at social justice leadership intended to address vast inequities that persist and are perpetuated in the U.S. K-12 education system. The study examines the text of the Minnesota Desegregation Rule to discern its underlying discourses as they relate to race, racism, and social justice. The…

This article describes research dilemmas recorded and analyzed while I studied school leaders for social justice. Data consist of (1) my observations, reflections, and memos from interviews with school leaders and social justice experts (as dissertation research), (2) my observations from national and international research conferences, and (3)…