The Language of Race  

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levinson, Meira

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory and Research in Education vol. 1 no. 3 (Nov. 2003), page 267–281.
Topik: anti-racist education; curriculum; race; stereotype threat; system justification
Fulltext: 267TRE13.pdf (67.16KB)

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Lawrence Blum's 'I'm Not a Racist, But . . .':The Moral Quandary of Race is purposeful moral philosophy done well. It is, however, not without fault. I challenge Blum on three issues regarding the language of race. First, I suggest that disagreements about the racial language we use are part and parcel of the debate about racism, rather than being something that we can and should resolve ahead of time. Second, I question whether the language of 'racialized groups' can be institutionalized in a way that is clearly distinct from the language of 'race'. I focus especially on challenges to implementation within the classroom context. Third, I argue that Blum wrongly assumes that changing our language will change our social psychology. By contrast, data from both system justification theory and stereotype threat theory indirectly demonstrate that individuals are likely to perpetuate racist assumptions and behaviors, even if they adopt 'racialized group' language.

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