Ep. 46: Don’t be a Passive Progressive Educator

EQ: How are education association leading anti-racist work in education?

Guest: Marquita Prinzing---NBCT, elementary school teacher, mother of a 3 and almost 6 yr old. Director of SEA Center for Racial Equity

In this episode we discuss the role of teachers and unions in leading anti-racist work. We define equity literacy and the ways in which white teachers need to develop their own racial literacy instead of fumbling in their pseudo-wokeness or expecting teachers of color to carry the burden. We also wrestle with what it means to be unapologetic to our students of color.  

Resources to explore:

• How Seattle Gave Up On Busing

• Defining Equity Literacy (equity and inequity; justice vs. injustice)--Paul Gorsky

  • Imagine Equity Literacy

• Families of Color, Seattle

• Black Lives Matter At School initiative

• Black Lives Matter Week

Do Your Fudging Homework:

• Annie: Dear White Teacher: 13 Books to Read on Racial Literacy by Bethany M. Edwards at Biracial Bookworms

• Marquita: Check out SEA-Racial.Org; Tracy’s work at Teacher Activist.Com; Katlyn Kamala Jenkins Colorful Pages.Org

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Ep. 44: Educated for Liberation

EQ: What does it mean to be educated for liberation and why does it matter?

Guest: Kelly Nicholls, local educator and organizer around the concept of liberated learning (we will hear more about it Radical Educator Academy! See flyer below).

School leader and change-maker Kelly Nicholls joins us to discuss her journey into education and leadership and the importance of changing the education system from within. Topics include:

• Education centered on white supremacy, including white modes of communication and hierarchical white spaces.

• Radical academy/education as liberation: resisting oppressive patriarchal systems within existing systems.

• Anti-blackness in schools - resisting treating Black people as a monolith and one size fits all approaches to discipline.

  • Louisiana School

• Individual teachers combating anti-blackness by lessening the prevalence of whiteness in curriculum and pedagogy.

Guilty Favesies

• Annie: saying yes to everything

• Hope: eyeliner

• Kelly: cigarettes (no longer a smoker, but they’re hard to quit!)

Do Your Fudging Homework

• Annie: Radical Teacher, a peer-reviewed academic journal on current social justice issues in education. Past issues available online.

• Hope: The Power Flower (Nicole Hurt)

• Kelly: Connect and follow #ClearTheAir on Twitter