Outsiders teaching insiders: How instructors from privileged groups can effectively teach about diversity.

Abstract

Teaching While White. https://teachingwhilewhite.org/being-an-ally This site was designed to help teachers and students become racially literate and better understand the role of race and privilege in the classroom. It includes podcasts, student and teacher blog posts, and an extensive list of links to print resources.

Participatory Action Research as Pedagogy: Stay Messy

“…This tension between student ownership and effective antiracism action was complicated by my identity as a white instructor. My awareness of my identity as an outsider teaching a course to students across racialized categories led me to continuously interrogate my positionality in relation to my content expertise (Goldstein, 2021). Upon reflection, I realize I was much more comfortable intervening in strategies and actions that I disagreed with for white students but was less comfortable intervening with BIPOC students' plans.…”

“…In a few instances of ambiguous paths forward, I deferred to BIPOC students' authority on decision making surrounding the design of their social action efforts. While these were my attempts to embody cultural humility (Tervalon & Murray-García, 1998), it brings up complex power dynamics between outsider educators and insider students (Goldstein, 2021) that should be further examined.…”