What Can Educators do to End White Supremacy in the Classroom? (Not A Joke)

Maclver Institute ^ | April 1, 2014 | Nick Novak

[TexasCajun]

[Madison, Wisc...] The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference last week at the Monona Terrace to discuss issues of white supremacy, social justice, education and the Tea Party. The MacIver Institute attended multiple breakout sessions and will be releasing our highlights over the next couple days.

Our first account comes from the breakout session titled Stories from the front lines of education: Confessions of a white, high school English teacher.

The session was facilitated by Kim Radersma, a former high school English teacher in California and Colorado. Radersma is currently working toward her Ph. D. in critical whiteness studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada.

[TexasCajun]

Ms Radersma is saying she was born a racist and racism is not a life-style choice.

If she would have said, "I was born an elitist liberal and elitist liberalism is not a life-style choice"; I'd be more likely to believe her.

[morphing libertarian]

critical whiteness studies

looks like I missed out on all the fun. Finally a counter balance to black studies and latino studies and whatever.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

For heaven's sake! Don't they pay attention?

Oprah Winfrey has the solution..

Oprah: Racism Will End When All the Old White People Die

Support your local Knockout Game team!

[MrB]

I have a solution - let a few states secede and all those incurably racist white conservatives can move there and leave the liberals to implement their utopia!

[februus]

Ah, the fair city I live in. 97% white, 3% black. Easily the dumbest liberal population on earth gathered in one place. Only a Rabelais could do them justice.

[TexasCajun]

"Teaching is a political act, and you can't choose to be neutral. You are either a pawn used to perpetuate a system of oppression or you are fighting against it," Radersma said during the session. "And if you think you are neutral, you are a pawn."

[The_Media_never_lie]

What does a critical whiteness studies do for a living? Paint buildings white?

[TexasCajun]

"If you don't want to work for equity, get the 'f-word' out of education," Radersma said. "If you are not serious about being an agent of change that helps stifle the oppressive systems, go find another job. Because you are a political figure."

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“The science is settled.”

[Billthedrill]

Kinda bossy, isn’t she?

[G Larry]

The NEA is already doing a wonderful job.....working from the worst possible perspective.

[Navy Patriot]

What Can Educators do to End White Supremacy in the Classroom?

Do not allow White students to attend any classes whatsoever.

[TexasRepublic]

Welcome to Communist subversion of our education system. A nation of uneducated dummies cannot resist Communism.

[MrB]

Now, someone in “critical whiteness studies” would be likely to say

“that’s not white - that’s more of an eggshell! Now get it right!”

[AU72]

End Iberian supremacy in soccer.

And Basque supremacy in Jai-Lai.

[pgkdan]

If the ground opened up and swallowed that conference center, taking all it’s particpants down to their earthy graves, the cause of educating our young people might be advanced by decades.

[TexasCajun]

Newsbusters:

The event was held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and was provided with an $18,375 booking event assistance payment, money that came from a fund drawn from local hotel room tax revenue.

Also, several local school districts paid thousands of dollars in registration fees, hotel stays, and transportation costs for teachers and administrators to attend. Those are also tax dollars.

[G Larry]

Hire more Black, Conservative teachers!?!?!

[98ZJ USMC]

The session was facilitated by Kim Radersma, a former high school English teacher in California and Colorado

See the pattern?

[MNDude]

I wish an abundance of minority teens in all of their classrooms.