Antiracist & decolonizing pedagogy

Anti Racist and decolonizing pedagogies recognize and address the structures that create and perpetuate systemic inequities, marginalization, and oppression in our educational spaces, including their economical, social, and epistemological components. They seek to heal historical injustice by naming and disrupting its outcomes, and encourage continuous growth, process, and critical reflection in action. While the resources below are by no means exhaustive, we offer them to amplify existing voices in this long-standing field of scholarship and practice, and as a place to start for further research and engagement.

[As many of the topics in this area connect, you may also find relevant resources in difficult dialogue, fostering a sense of belonging and trauma-informed pedagogy.]

When it comes to race, racism, and antiracist work, it is important that everyone feels safe, but equally important that many also feel uncomfortable. It’s only through discomfort, perhaps pain and suffering, that we grow, develop, and change for the better.

Frankie Condon and Vershawn Ashanti Young, Performing an Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Explore & Consider

Explore & Consider contains short articles and videos that reflect on or summarize current thinking, research, or experiences related to the topic.

Anti-racist pedagogy and scholarship on race and racism

Macalester College created this selection of current resources.

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps

In their words, Columbia University created this guide 'as a point of entry for instructors from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines, identity positions, and levels of teaching experience who wish to engage in this work.'

Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator

Wheaton provides a set of practical steps for working towards anti-racist teaching practices. They state becoming an anti-racist is always a work in progress, seldom yields perfection, and differs depending on who you are.

Effective Teaching Is Anti-Racist Teaching

From the Sheridan Center at Brown University, five places to take a step towards anti-racist pedagogy.

Performing an Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication (PDF)

This open-access book from the WAC Clearinghouse provides theoretical discussions, practical options, and critical examinations of pedagogy.

Racial Equity Tools

This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities, and the culture at large.

Talking About Race

From the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this site defines racism and antiracism in clear terms and outlines steps we can all take. They state that being antiracist is believing that racism is everyone’s problem, and we all have a role to play in stopping it.

The Anti-Racist Discussion Pedagogy (PDF)

A 30-page discussion guide that supports anti-racist self-reflection provides prompts for instructors, guidelines for implementing a critical discussion pedagogy, and suggestions for building a holistically anti-racist classroom. (Packback)

Engage & Elaborate

Engage & Elaborate provides opportunities for a deeper exploration, personal reflection, and more nuanced consideration of the topic.

Frank Tuitt: Race, Equity, and the Learning Environment - The Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (ATL) was very excited to virtually bring Dr. Frank Tuitt to campus in September and October 2020. Dr. Tuitt is a lead author of the well known book “Race, Ethnicity and The Learning Environment” as well as the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer in the […]