In education, it is common to put the condition of "safety" around public race dialogue. The authors argue that this procedural rule maintains white comfort zones and becomes a symbolic form of violence experienced by people of color. In other words, they ask, "Safety for whom?" A subtle but fundamental violence is enacted in safe discourses on…

This paper explores strategies to help prepare pre-service teachers from a predominantly white, relatively isolated island in Atlantic Canada to teach for diversity. The paper proposes a modified framework for "teacher identity development" that pivots around three foci for enhancing teacher awareness and commitment to action: (1)…

This article is a critical study of multiculturalism within British art education and examines aspects of the art school curriculum from compulsory levels of schooling to higher education. The study seeks to explore and to highlight relevant cultural theories connected with the student experience of art education, yet will also focus on how this…