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ERIC Number: EJ1430380
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-May
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1323-577X
EISSN: EISSN-2201-0599
As Soon as They See You Coming, They Feel They Need to Protect Their Child: Black Male Kindergarten Teacher's Experience of Racism in Finland
Aminkeng Atabong Alemanji
Educational Practice and Theory, v46 n1 p49-69 2024
Celebrated as the country with the best education system globally, Finland has also gained a reputation as one of the most racist countries in Europe for black people, especially people from Sub-Saharan Africa. The best education system in the world is built on the sweat and blood of racialised people whose experiences and roles they play as teachers and students, or their systemic absence, is often ignored. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper argues that Black male kindergarten teachers in Finland have a lot to offer outside their racialised perceived hegemonic conceptualisations and practices. This paper demonstrates how this group of teachers experiences racism because of their skin colour and gender. Despite these experiences of racism, their essential role in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) cannot be underestimated.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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