Professor Cheryl Matias
cheryl.matias@ucdenver.edu
Posted on 11/11/2015 9:38:17 AM PST by rightistight
In a scholarly article published in Teaching Education, Professor Cheryl Matias calls whiteness "a disease," while suggesting new ways to teach urban students about "racism and whiteness."
Dr. Matias is an assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver. Her article, Why do you make me hate myself?: Re-Teaching Whiteness, Abuse, and Love in Urban Teacher Education, was published in Teaching Education this year.
In her article, Matias writes that teachers must address "normalized, oppressive Whiteness," saying that a "colorblind" society cannot truly exist in the United States. "Despite silently acknowledging that race plays a role in" achievement gaps, writes Matias, "the study of race, racism, and exertions of Whiteness are rarely recognized as a substantive issue in teacher education and the teaching profession."
Racism and whiteness are diseases that need to be addressed, she continues, writing, "We cannot even begin to address symptoms, such as the racial achievement gap, if we do not address the underlying diseases of racism and Whiteness."
There isn't even an argument that white supremacy exists, Matias writes, saying she won't even bother to prove the concept during her paper.
"This article acknowledges White supremacy as an overarching system of white Western racial domination, which manifests globally," she explains. "We are all operating under the system of white supremacy."
Teachers must examine their own "whiteness," Dr. Matias argues. "As the only person of color in the room," she explains, "I am often left with the pain of being denied a racial reality. Thus, the cycle of abuse is a pyrrhic victory, one where the pain and tears of whites override my own pain."
Indeed, she writes, "DiAngelo (2011) argued that white fragility plays an essential role in the maintenance of Whiteness and when unfettered, the consequences can be dire."
Education has been biased in favor of "whites," Dr. Matias goes on. "Teacher education - replete with a majority of white stakeholders who write the curricula, program frameworks, assessments, and standards - has permitted Whiteness to become a white enterprise.
“Worse yet, some white teachers and teacher educators co-opt and redeï¬ne theories ï¬rst conceptualized by scholars of color who were resisting the hegemonic oppression of Whiteness,†she continues. “In using their white ocular to ï¬lter out the most radical parts of these theories to ï¬t within white color-blind comforts,the essence of their conception is lost.â€
In the end, "Once teacher education understands how and why whites have become culturally white, it can engage in a deeper conversation of race and racism, move beyond guilt, anger, and denial needed to become whole-heartedly antiracist."
An unabashed bigot with a completely useless Ph.D. She’ll fit right in with the current administration....
Is he going to lead us in this “not living” thing? I thought so.
“Education Professor is an oxymoron.”
There’s an old saying...
Those that can, do.
Those that can’t, teach.
Those that can’t teach, teach teachers.
Which tells you all you need to know about this cr@p...and the fools who buy into it.
This obviously is not about the color white. It’s about blaming other people for one’s self-inflicted pathologies.
Professor Cheryl Matias
cheryl.matias@ucdenver.edu
“Exposing the white avatar: projections, justifications, and the ever-evolving American racism”
Cheryl Matias
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Does anyone who goes to these elite ‘higher education’ colleges actually get an education any more?! Or is most of it just BS like this?!
WHAT university granted this narcissistic moron a Ph.D? Or did she get it out of a Cracker Jack box? Her rants and raves would be hysterically comical if they weren’t so pathetic. She wants to blame her own failures on white people? Many people of many races have come from horrific circumstances, truly horrific, and went on to triumph in distinguished careers. On the other hand, this black crybaby would infect hundreds or thousands of naive kids with her excuse-making coping mechanism. Toss her out on her fat butt and let her earn a real living.
Cancer, like liberalism, will always call the cure the disease.
Degrees in education are proof that the education system is nothing but political poop.
Right from the Obama White House ,will he change the name of the White House before he has to pack up and hit the road
Ping.
Caucasians.
Thx.
AsianBlackHispanicRacistSaysWhat
Her hatred is a disease.
You are correct. It is clear that whites, and in fact Hispanics and Asians as well, on average do better economically (and in a number of other ways) than blacks in America. To people like the author of the material that is the subject of this post, this is proof that the system is racist, hence the term “systemic racism.” They would therefore seek to change the system presumably so that blacks prosper equally, although they never seem to say just how they would do that. To a rational observer, if a system works pretty well for people of several different hues but less well for another race of person, the problem might lie in the behavior of the those folks, rather than in the system. And that is where the great divide occurs. The author of the posted material blames the system for comparative black failure. Others, who see a number of blacks who are doing well and many others who are not, say that the cause of comparative black failure lies in the overall behavior of the urban black underclass, rather than in the system, and that the system is rational (rather than racist) in that it generally rewards beneficial behavior. The great danger is that those who argue for systemic racism are in effect excusing and therefore encouraging pathological behavior, which will only prolong the underperfomance of blacks.
You are correct. It is clear that whites, and in fact Hispanics and Asians as well, on average do better economically (and in a number of other ways) than blacks in America. To people like the author of the material that is the subject of this post, this is proof that the system is racist, hence the term “systemic racism.” They would therefore seek to change the system presumably so that blacks prosper equally, although they never seem to say just how they would do that. To a rational observer, if a system works pretty well for people of several different hues but less well for another race of person, the problem might lie in the behavior of the those folks, rather than in the system. And that is where the great divide occurs. The author of the posted material blames the system for comparative black failure. Others, who see a number of blacks who are doing well and many others who are not, say that the cause of comparative black failure lies in the overall behavior of the urban black underclass, rather than in the system, and that the system is rational (rather than racist) in that it generally rewards beneficial behavior. The great danger is that those who argue for systemic racism are in effect excusing and therefore encouraging pathological behavior, which will only prolong the underperfomance of blacks.
Reminiscent of some global corporate managers.
Jesus. This NUTJOB lady is every bit as racist as the average 1940S Nazi - just substitute Whites for Jews.
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