The guide for White women who teach Black boys Understanding, connecting, respecting
Book - 2018
"Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is "done." That's where the eight in ten teachers who are White women fit in... and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect and connect with all of their students. So much more than a call to call to action--but that, too!--The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys brings together research, activities, personal stories, and video interviews to help us all embrace the deep realities and thrilling potential of this crucial American task. Wi...th Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to: Develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school ; Change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves ; Overcome your unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students. If you are a teacher who is afraid to talk about race, that's okay. Fear is a normal human emotion and racial competence is a skill that can be learned. We promise that reading this extraordinary guide will be a life-changing first step forward... for both you and the students you serve."-- Publisher's description.
- Subjects
- Published
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Thousand Oaks, California :
Corwin
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- xlvi, 420 pages ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-411) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781506351681
- Forewords
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- Introduction: Welcome to the Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
- Understanding
- Part 1. Exploring the Self
- 1. Ready to Make a Difference, the Old-Fashioned Way
- Vignette: Raisins in the Sun: White Teacher as a Force of Nature Buffering the Radiation of Racial Retaliation
- 2. The State of the White Woman Teacher
- 3. Advancing the Success of Boys and Men of Color: The Sewn Centers
- Vignette: Two Black Boys
- 4. Understanding Unconscious Bias as One More Tool in the Committed White Teacher's Equity Toolkit
- 5. White Female Teachers and Black Boys: Right Teachers and (Mis)Understood Boys
- 6. White Racial Identity Development
- 7. What if being Called Racist is the Beginning, Not the End, of the Conversation?
- Vignette: New Understandings
- 8. What Does It Mean to Be a White Teacher?
- Part 2. Understanding the Constraints and Challenging Narratives About Who Black Boys Are and Who White Women Can Be
- 9. Respecting Black Boys and their History
- 10. "I Can Switch My Language, But I Can't Switch My Skin": What Teachers Must Understand about Linguistic Racism
- Vignette: The Color of Poop
- 11. Identity Safety as an Antidote to Stereotype Threat
- 12. The Science behind Psychological Verve and What it means for Black Students
- 13. The Visit
- 14. Rewriting the Narrative
- Vignette: Slavery's Archetypes Affect White Women Teachers
- 15. "Don't Lean-Jump In": The Fierce Urgency to Confront, Dismantle, and (Re)write the Historical Narrative of Black Boys in Educational Institutions
- Respecting
- Part 3. Respecting the Broad Diversity of Black Boys' Experiences and Identities
- Vignette: Prince Taught Me the Redefinition of Black Masculinity
- 16. Strategies for Showing Love to Black Boys
- 17. White Privilege and Black Excellence: Two Terms I've been "Afraid" of for Much of My Life
- 18. Black Boys and their Racial Identity: Learning How They Fit into Society and in Your Classroom
- Vignette: I Had a Right
- 19. Teaching Black Boys during Childhood: A Counternarrative and Considerations
- Vignette: Being Black and Deaf Is a Double Stigma
- 20. "How Dare You Make This about Race?!": Centering Race, Gender, and Poverty
- 21. The N!gga(er) in Me
- Vignette: Die N-word Die
- 22. Blackness/Transness: Two Targets on My Back
- Vignette: What Educators Can Do to Support Trans Students
- 23. White Teachers and the Power to Transform: Early Childhood Educators and the Potential for Lasting Harm
- Vignette: Brown Mothers, White Children
- 24. Learn About Us Before You Teach (About) Us: Queer Black Boys
- 25. Black Male Students and Teachers in K-12 Classrooms: Strategies for Support to Increase Performance as Students and Professionals
- Vignette: The Administrative Assistant Staff Member: Oh, and Black!
- Part 4. Relationships With Parents, Colleagues, and Community
- 26. Helping Amazing Black Boys Become Amazing Black Men: An interview
- 27. Connecting with Black Students and Parents: Equal Vision
- Vignette Being a Slack Mom of Black Boys
- 28. Activating Inclusiveness
- 29. Belief, Pedagogy, and Practice: Strategies for Building Powerful Classroom Communities
- Vignette: The Symbolic Teacher
- 30. Ruminations from the Intersections of a #Blackmommyactivist
- Vignette: Discipline Practices of Caribbean Families
- 31. Find Freedom in the Classroom: A Love Letter to My Babies' Teachers
- Connecting
- Part 5. Connecting Student Success and Failure to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- 32. Start Out Firm
- 33. A Parable of Academic Misgivings: The Educator's Role in Addressing College Undermatch
- Vignette: Nonviolence, Violence, Standing Up
- 34. The Collusion of Social Norms and Working with Interracial Families
- 35. What are we doing to Support "These" Students to Meet Their Potential? Strategies for Creating Equitable Classrooms
- Vignette: Dismantling the "White Savior Mentality"
- 36. Interrupting School Structures: ADD/ADHD Overidentification and How Black Cultural Styles are Often Confused for Add
- 37. Football, Sports, and Moore - Using School Structures to Get More Out of Black Boys
- Part 6. Connecting Student Success to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- Vignette: How Do Black Lives Matter in Your Curriculum?
- 38. Strategies that De-Escalate Conflict in the Classroom
- 39. Meeting Students Where They Are: Project-Based Learning and Critical Thinking Skills
- 40. Black Faces and White Spaces: Recognizing and Supporting Black Boys in Gifted Education
- 41. The Book Matters: Using the Color-Coded Bloom Banks Matrix to Support the Literacy and Engagement of Black Boys
- 42. Books and Curriculum: What to Read with Black Males in Elementary School to Create a Strong Foundation of Positive Racial Identity Development
- 43. Global Skills: Beyond the Classroom and the Playground
- Outtro: Remember, Black Girls Aren't Doing "Just Fine": Supporting Black Girls in the Classroom
- Video Resources
- References
- Index
