Race Conscious Pedagogy

Todd M. Mealy (Ph.D., American studies, Penn State University) is a writer who specializes in 19th and 20th century civil rights history and sports culture. A contributor to Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, he lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

“This is the book we need. Teachers are increasingly asking how to effectively grow critical racial consciousness in the classroom, especially among white students and in predominantly white spaces. Todd Mealy answers with clarity, conviction and concrete strategies. Race Conscious Pedagogy speaks to multiple tiers—theoretical and curricular, classroom and systems. His belief that public schools can be vehicles of liberation comes through on every page and his skill at enabling the rest of us to imagine we can be part of educational movements to get us there is nothing less than a gift. For the good of all students, the sake of racial justice, indeed, the well-being of our democracy, read this fantastic book.”—Jennifer Harvey, Ph.D., Drake University, author, Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Terrence J. RobertsPrefaceIntroduction1. To Be Silent on Racism Is to Empower Racism2. Revolutionary Teaching and the Origin of Race Conscious Pedagogy3. The Era of the Takeover and the Struggle for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Secondary and Postsecondary Education4. Making a Course: Theoretical Framework for a Course Grounded in Race Conscious Pedagogy5. The Course: Seminar in Critical Race Studies6. Those That Fight Back7. “The most brutal, and the most determined resistance”: The Backlash to Race Conscious Classrooms8. Putting Students in Uncomfortable Situations9. Moving Educators Beyond Race Conscious Pedagogy and Toward Cultural CompetenceAfterword by George YancyAppendix 1: Response to a Parent, May 2018Appendix 2: Seminar in Critical Race Studies Summer Reading AssignmentBibliographyIndex