Awakening preservice teachers' awareness of privilege. From: Academic Exchange Quarterly | Date: December 22, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Academic Exchange Quarterly. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract

Teachers in the United States are overwhelmingly White, middle class women with little experience with diversity, but the student population is approximately 40% nonwhite; therefore, most minority students are taught by White teachers. If White educators are not sensitive to their own privileged status in U.S. culture, they can unconsciously make minority students feel marginalized and unwelcome in the classroom environment. Teacher education needs to address this issue. The Privilege Walk is an activity that introduces the concept of White privilege. Preservice ...

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