This paper examines how neoliberal multiculturalism and racialized emotions function to inhibit racial justice in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. To do so, I trace how the proliferation of the discourse of anti-racism in education alongside the rise in popularity of anti-racist books, contributes to a racial project that embraces…

This article explores how a public written response to anti-LGBT+ legislation in Ghana also functioned as a religious educational intervention to shape future visions of tolerant pluralism in Ghanaian society. Navigating the intersection of politics and religion, the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA) lodged a religious objection…

Children in P-12 schools are growing up in racially tumultuous times, despite the promises of desegregation since "Brown vs. Board of Education." Multicultural education, included under the umbrella of equity, diversity, and inclusion, is under attack and illegal in an increasing number of school districts. Advanced placement in Black…

Contemporary population trends impact leisure experiences and service delivery, requiring recreation and leisure departments to prepare students to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse clientele. However, with little formal training on how to teach content concerning diverse populations, this can be a daunting task. The panel session…

This article discusses the astonishing ignorance at all levels as to how Britain has become a multiracial, multicultural society in a post-imperial age, the hostility towards changes in the education system which would help clearer understandings of the imperial past, and the efforts of teachers and other educators to assist in the creation of a…

Concepts in science education such as "science identity" and "science capital" are informed by dominant epistemological and ontological positions, which translate into assumptions about what counts as science and whose science counts. In this theoretical paper we draw on decolonial and antiracist perspectives to examine these…

In this article, we expand the geographic narratives of Latinx teachers by first outlining how such teachers are desired to be a certain type of "cultural ambassador" in the US South, and second, how one teacher eschews this construction to instead center political agency and a democratic praxis toward racial justice. Whereas cultural…

School counselors have been called to be leaders in K-12 schools (ASCA, 2012; Education Trust National Center for Transforming School Counseling, 2009). School counseling leadership emphasizes the promotion of equitable academic achievement, career development and social/emotional development for all students. To do this, school counselors must be…

As issues of social justice become more present and urgent in the world, Pearson asked a global sample of people, to examine what they learned, and what they need to learn, when it comes to race and gender equality. What was learned is presented in this report. Many people had concerns about their lack of education on these topics. Now, they are…

Leadership is an integral component of the professional identity of school counselors. We build upon extant scholarship on school counseling leadership and supervision, supervision of counseling leadership, and the ASCA National Model to identify needs and strategies for the supervision of school counseling leadership. We investigate strategies…

This article chronicles the process of researching and writing a dissertation about liberation and how it connects to my own experiences of liberation. Qualitative research involves a more personal connection between the researcher and the study (Hays & Singh, 2012) which allows for a more in depth understanding of the experiences of the…

The authors apply the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar-McMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2015) model to clinical supervision, highlighting ways for supervisors to intentionally integrate multicultural and social justice practices into the supervision enterprise. They offer specific implications for…

"It's only okay to call a Black person an idiot"--this statement marks the launch point for a personal essay about one family's negotiation of an act of racism that occurs in an afterschool conversation among 6-year-olds. A work of educational criticism, the essay takes on the school's passive refusal to acknowledge race and racism,…

Representations of a nation's history work as a powerful tool to consolidate a collective identity and build trust in the nation. School textbooks are ideological products that disseminate official ideas about a collective past and heritage; their depictions have an impact on shared understandings of a nation's history. However, what is included…

Art therapy in the United States has historically failed to document the contributions of people of color in the foundation of the profession. The American Art Therapy Association sought to correct the record when it created the criteria for the Meritorious Contribution award. This honor was conferred on 4 Black art therapists--Georgette Powell,…