Naming Racisms: Identifying and Responding to Biological and Colorblind Racisms

Abstract

The purpose of this activity is to help students identify and respond to biological and colorblind racisms they may hear in their everyday lives. The activity uses a pedagogical technique of chat stations where students move around the classroom to visit five different chat stations that each list one statement containing racist discourse. Students work...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Racial and Ethnic Relations

Resource Type(s):

Class Activity

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students will collaboratively apply the concepts of biological and colorblind racisms to real-life examples.
2. Students will evaluate and produce responses to racist statements they may encounter in their everyday lives.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. In groups, students will identify statements presented in the chat stations as either biological racism or one of Bonilla-Silva’s four frames of colorblind racism and record their responses on a worksheet.
2. Students will anonymously submit their potential responses to racist statements either through Socrative, PollEverywhere, or on index cards.