ERIC Number: EJ1373843
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Publication Date: 2023-Mar
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Structural White Ignorance and Education for Racial Justice
Theory and Research in Education, v21 n1 p52-70 Mar 2023
While white ignorance is primarily produced and reproduced through social-structural processes, philosophy of education scholarship has focused on agent-centered educational solutions. This article argues that agent-centered solutions are ineffective and that education for disrupting white ignorance must be structure-centered. Specifically, the article contends that (1) social-structural processes often render being in a state of white ignorance reasonable and that (2) assigning white ignorant agents individual responsibility for overcoming their ignorance is often unreasonable. Consequently, epistemic virtue-based approaches to education are insufficient and inappropriate. Instead, the author proposes prioritizing political forms of education. This includes educating students on how to participate in political action and using political action to educate the public.
Descriptors: Racism, Racial Attitudes, Whites, Epistemology, Social Justice, Knowledge Level, Causal Models, Values Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices
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Language: English
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