The Anti-Racist Educator
Project LEARN Category
E - Educate
A- Acknowledge
R- Respond
N- Network
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Activism
Website Details
Based in Scotland, The Anti-Racist Educator is a collective of educational stakeholders (including students, teachers, parents, academics and activists) working toward building an education system that is:
equitable
free from racial injustice
critically engaged with issues of power, identity, and privilege.
It’s easy to think you’re not-racist by treating everyone equally, regardless of race. But educators need to consider what it means to actively be anti-racist. Anti-racist education acknowledges that just following the status quo is not enough to truly counter the deeper roots of racism.
Anti-racist educators need to constantly reflect on their teaching, realising their power to inadvertently reinforce racial hierarchies. With that power to perpetuate racism (be it implicit/explicit, interpersonal, internalised, institutional or structural) comes the power to intentionally dismantle those racial hierarchies.