Researching Race in Education

Policy, Practice and Qualitative Research

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Author: Adrienne D. Dixon ISBN: 9781623966782
Publisher: Information Age Publishing Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Information Age Publishing Language: English
Author: Adrienne D. Dixon
ISBN: 9781623966782
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Information Age Publishing
Language: English

In traditional educational research, race is treated as merely a variable. In 1995, Gloria LadsonBillings and William F. Tate, IV argued that race is undertheorized in education and called for educational researchers to pay closer attention to the relationship between race and educational inequity (LadsonBillings and Tate, 1995). In particular, they argued, drawing on legal scholar, Derrick Bell’s notion of Racial Realism (Bell, 1995), that racialized inequities are not accidental or aberrant; rather, racialized educational inequities are the result of particular and specific policies and practices that are designed to maintain particular forms of dominance and marginalization. More specifically, Bell and later LadsonBillings and Tate, argue that racial inequity persists despite liberal policies and legislation that were ostensibly designed to eradicate it. The Racial Realist perspective takes into the consideration the longevity and history of racism, racial inequity and White supremacy in the U.S. and serves as a mirror to reflect back the limitations of proposed policies and legislation that fail to address those issues. In this way, Critical Race Theory and the scholars who draw on CRT, view our work as an important “check and balance” in the effort toward racial equality.

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In traditional educational research, race is treated as merely a variable. In 1995, Gloria LadsonBillings and William F. Tate, IV argued that race is undertheorized in education and called for educational researchers to pay closer attention to the relationship between race and educational inequity (LadsonBillings and Tate, 1995). In particular, they argued, drawing on legal scholar, Derrick Bell’s notion of Racial Realism (Bell, 1995), that racialized inequities are not accidental or aberrant; rather, racialized educational inequities are the result of particular and specific policies and practices that are designed to maintain particular forms of dominance and marginalization. More specifically, Bell and later LadsonBillings and Tate, argue that racial inequity persists despite liberal policies and legislation that were ostensibly designed to eradicate it. The Racial Realist perspective takes into the consideration the longevity and history of racism, racial inequity and White supremacy in the U.S. and serves as a mirror to reflect back the limitations of proposed policies and legislation that fail to address those issues. In this way, Critical Race Theory and the scholars who draw on CRT, view our work as an important “check and balance” in the effort toward racial equality.

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