White teachers eliminate race-related hostile approaches and redesign school cultural policies to support Black students' belonging¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The review's discussion recommends that White teachers in schools upholding Whiteness make academic adjustments by eliminating race-related hostile approaches and re-assessing school cultural policies. Specifically, "White teachers should make necessary academic adjustments by cautiously eliminating some race-related approaches that promote hostility of campus racial climate against Black students, such as having negative perceptions and exhibiting negative behaviors against Black students." Teachers should also "re-assess and re-design school cultural policies and include diverse racial programs" supporting Black students' racial adjustment.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• White teachers must recognize the damages caused by race-based hostility and reflect on their own negative perceptions and behaviors

Constraints¶

• The recommendation addresses schools that uphold the White race more than the Black race; the review notes the actual percentage of White teachers perpetuating racism is unknown

Target Learners¶

• White teachers in K-12 public schools
• Black students in K-12 public schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Sense of belonging
• Academic success
• Positive racial adjustment

Affordances¶

• Crt Framework Institutional Racism Schools
• Racial Battle Fatigue Framework

Claims¶

• White teachers' deficit thinking about Black students produces a negative campus racial climate and unfriendly teacher-student relationships [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Evelyn Ezikwelu. (2020). Institutional Racism and Campus Racial Climate: Struggles for Sense of Belonging Among Black Students in K-12 Public Schools. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 10(1). https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jctp/