A Pedagogy of Critical Consciousness and Anti-Racist Activism: Possibilities and Limitations of a Community-Based Whiteness Workshop Series

Autor/in	Wilson, Marguerite Anne Fillion
Titel	A Pedagogy of Critical Consciousness and Anti-Racist Activism: Possibilities and Limitations of a Community-Based Whiteness Workshop Series
Quelle	In: Whiteness and Education, 7 (2022) 2, S.194-211 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wilson, Marguerite Anne Fillion)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2379-3406
DOI	10.1080/23793406.2021.1978856
Schlagwörter	Community Programs; Workshops; Whites; Racism; Activism; Minority Groups; Social Justice; Racial Attitudes; Prior Learning; Individual Characteristics; Racial Identification; African Americans; Asian Americans; Consciousness Raising; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; White; Weißer; Rassismus; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Ethnische Minderheit; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Rassenfrage; Vorkenntnisse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Bewusstseinsbildung
Abstract	This article reports on a critical qualitative study of a whiteness workshop series to understand the past experiences, contexts, and relationships that motivate White people and people of colour to participate in an in-depth anti-racism workshop, and what participants learn through engaging in this workshop series. First, most participants, White and of colour, are motivated to do racial justice work due to a marginalisation experience based on race, ethnicity, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, and/or religion in childhood. Second, the series introduces a self-reflexive communication process that is new to many participants. Third, participating in the workshop series prompts some towards activism, while others limit themselves to self-reflection. I argue that two factors create this divergence in post-workshop activism: (1) the level of experience with anti-racism work with which participants entered the workshop; and (2) the focus of the workshop on individual attitudes and skills over systemic racism. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01