This book is written by a diverse group of educators who spent the better part of one year learning about and implementing antiracist pedagogy. We hope our work is inspiring to other educators who want to learn more about antiracist pedagogy; more than that, we hope it provides a tool to engage with and speak back against repressive policies that seek to push out antiracist pedagogies. We worry that antiracist pedagogy has become a buzzword in scholarship and public discourse - simultaneously feared, silenced, hated, misunderstood, misused, and appropriated. We believe antiracist pedagogy has a place in democratic education. Therefore, we consider this book to be a clarifying project. In it, we provide precise definitions and concrete examples to demonstrate how antiracist pedagogy is a way of teaching and learning that engages past failures of American democracy in order to inspire students to take action toward fulfilling the promise of American democracy.
Erin T. Miller (she/her/hers) is an associate professor at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). She co-developed and currently directs the Antiracist Graduate Certificate Program at UNCC. Her scholarship examines the intersection of racial identity, childhood socialization, and teacher education. Angela V. Walker(she/her/hers), is an English teacher at West Charlotte High School and an adjunct lecturer in the Antiracist Graduate Certificate Program at UNCC. She is deeply committed to practical deployments of antiracist pedagogy, and has conducted numerous workshops exploring the intersection of faith-based epistemologies, education, and antiracism.
Introduction: The Role of Antiracist Pedagogy in Democratic Education Angela V. Walker, Erin T. Miller, & Scott R. Gartlan Chapter One: Antiracist Pedagogy: An Overview Erin Miller & Angela Walker Chapter Two: Dismantling Internalized Anti-Black Racism in Advanced English Literature Instruction Angela V. Walker Chapter Three: Justice is more Important than Kindness: Antiracist Pedagogy in a 1st Grade Classroom Annie Galligan Chapter Four: Middle School English Language Arts: My Personal Story of Exploration, Empowerment & Antiracist Teaching Seun Omitoogun Chapter Five: Confronting Scientific Racism and Eugenics in a Freshman Biology Course Pablo Chialvo Chapter Six: A Revised Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement and the Power of People in a High School History Course Elizabeth Veilleux Haynes Chapter Seven: Middle School Biology Students Learn How Structural Racism in the US Shaped Our COVID Experience Evie Elson Chapter Eight: Intersectionality & Antiracism: Leadership Pedagogy with College Conclusion: Necessary Damage: A Conclusion Angela V. Walker& Erin T. Miller
