ERIC Number: EJ1418344
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: EISSN-1935-102X
Defending the Color Line: White Supremacy and the Legacy of Brown
Educational Researcher, v53 n3 p135-145 2024
Building on W. E. B. Du Bois's color line concept, I argue that white supremacy is deeply embedded in U.S. educational organizations and that White racial actors, opportunity hoarding, and the cultivation of racial ideology and racial ignorance help sustain it. In doing this, I seek to move away from the aspirational progress narratives often associated with Brown to the racial hierarchies and various forms of harm that schools reproduce, even when they are racially diverse. Taking the recent attacks against critical race theory as a backdrop, I argue that educational institutions not only contribute to educational inequity but also socialize people into relations of racial domination and subordination through organizational practices and individual actions. In the article's conclusion, I highlight my efforts to disrupt these patterns and work toward the creation of more liberatory education spaces.
Descriptors: Racism, Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Ideology, Critical Race Theory, Equal Education, Socialization, Power Structure, School Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education
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