Footnotes

The Power of Paradigms

This chapter defines paradigms and argues that there is a white paradigm that is based on the belief in white culture and its superiority to all other cultures. A component of the white paradigm is that people with white skin are superior to people of color. The social construction of racial identity is described. Finally

Everyday Racism

This chapter looks at the racism that is personal and individual. Understanding the racism role of racism in everyday interactions is first discussed in terms of stereotyping. While stereotypes are often expressed in clear and unambiguous ways, whites also use microaggressions where stereotypes of non-whites are implied. Anthony

As Martin Luther King, Jr. day (January 15, 2018) approaches, I am thinking about what to do this year. Last year (2017) I got up early and went to the MLK memorial to join a small group of people. Looking back, I think I was largely motivated to go to the program at the memorial because I didn’t have a clear plan for how to spend the day. The previous year, (2016) I joined people I worked with at the U.S. Department of Education in a service project where we worked on cleaning up and adding fresh paint to a DC public school. Using King’s holiday as a day of service makes a lot of sense. But after reading John Bargh's, Before You Know It, I started to wonder how much my unconscious mind had determined my past activities on King's Holiday.

Institutional Racism

Institutional racism is the policies and practices that reside in our various forms of social organization. Racism is both formally and informally a part of cultural, social, religious, political and other institutions. Each of these institutions has a role and goal as part of the larger society. The goal of a social

Disciplinary Institutions

French Sociologist, Michel Foucault, studies social institutions that he called disciplinary institutions. These institutions are distinct because they exist to change people. Disciplinary institutions play an important role in preserving racism. The role of prisons in supporting racism is one example. This chapter

Realizing a Civil Rights Dream:
Helping Children of Color to Thrive in the American Education Environment
Education for Excellence, Diversity, and Respect: Transformative 21^st Century
           Innovations Conference
August 22, 2018
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA USA
Kenneth Bedell

“To reform the world means to reform education” –

Janusz Korczak is famous for his courageous response to the Nazis. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland. At the time Korczak operated an orphanage in Warsaw. The Germans ordered him to move his orphanage to the ghetto where the Polish Jews were forced to live. As well as the orphanage, Korczak took over responsibility for a hospital for dying and sick

A Framework to Overcome Racism

This chapter summarizes the social-psychological and sociological theories of the previous four chapters to show how the white paradigm of white superiority, social structures (stereotypes, racist institutional practices, and disciplinary institutions), and individual actions work in coordination to preserve racism

This important film tells the story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The story of the African American education beginning with the period of slavery provides a context. Importantly, the film lifts up the role of students in standing up to adults, both black and white, who failed to confront racism. The of end the film briefly

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