WHITE TEACHERS, RACE MATTERS: Preparing Teachers for the New Millennium (original) (raw)

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Abstract

Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial oppression in the United States. Drawing on observations from teaching courses on multicultural education I examine the ideologies of future white teachers forged in particular racial and class locations. Students' faith in the existence of equality of opportunity emerges as significant in shaping their receptivity in interrogating the status quo. Course activities provide contrary evidence, permitting greater engagement with anthropological theories.

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  29. Ellen Bigler, is an associate professor at Rhode Island College where she holds a joint appointment in Anthropology and Educational Studies. An educator in New York State schools for fourteen years, she also served as a consultant to the New York State Department of Education on its k-12 Latino curriculum project, "Latinos in the Making of the USA: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." She is also the author of American Conversations: Puerto Ricans, White Ethnics, and Multicultural Education (Temple University Press, 1999) (She may be reached at ebigler@ric.edu) Recommended Citation in the APA Style: Bigler, E. (2002). White teachers, race matters: Preparing teachers for the new millennium. Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education [online], 4 (1), 23 paragraphs <Available: http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/2002spring/Bigler.html> [your access year, month date]