ERIC Number: EJ1203046
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Structural Ignorance of Christian Privilege
Markowitz, Linda; Puchner, Laurel
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v31 n10 p877-894 2018
Despite claims of a so-called war on Christmas, Christmas in the United States is still celebrated widely in public spaces. The question is why some people ignore, what some scholars call, their Christian privilege? In this paper, we explore the ignoring of Christian privilege in one public space: USA elementary schools. Using 27 interviews, we show that most of the teachers/administrators adopted what we are calling Christian ignorance ---- a structural ignorance rooted in normative cognitive schemas that creates and maintains Christian privilege.
Descriptors: Christianity, Social Bias, Elementary Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Religious Factors, State Church Separation, Public Schools, Schemata (Cognition), Cultural Awareness, Student Diversity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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