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A Shared Vision for Racial Equity Systems Innovations for Social and Economic Justice
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Wilson, Monica A.; Durden, William S. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
This article outlines the efforts toward racial equity undertaken at the system level in Basic Education for Adults (BEdA) programs in Washington state. These Title II Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs include both adult basic education and English language acquisition (ABE/ELA) students. The work focuses on the alignment of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Equal Education, Social Justice, Adult Basic Education
Why White Instructors Should Explore Their White Racial Identity. Forum: Reflections on White Racial Identity in the ABE Classroom. [Part 1 of 4]
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Brookfield, Stephen D. – Adult Literacy Education, 2019
The questions that begin Stephen Brookfield's discussion of why he thinks white instructors in multiracial Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes need to explore their own whiteness include the following: (1) If racial identity is largely a cultural, not biological, construct, then why focus on "any" form of racial markers?; and (2) Doesn't…
Descriptors: Whites, Racial Identification, Racial Attitudes, Racial Differences
"Race"ing White Instructors: Beyond the Black-White Binary. Forum: Reflections on White Racial Identity in the ABE Classroom. [Part 2 of 4]
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Gnanadass, Edith – Adult Literacy Education, 2019
In this response to Stephen Brookfield's "Why White Instructors Should Explore Their White Racial Identity" (EJ1246146), Edith Gnanadass writes her response from the point of view of an adult educator with a multiplicity of identities in her critique of Brookfield's concept by going beyond his call for reflection of one's own whiteness.…
Descriptors: Whites, Teachers, Adult Basic Education, Racial Attitudes