"CRE is an educational theory that calls for recreating K-12 curriculum so that it “centers” student cultures—by which it generally means skin color, ancestry, ethnicity, or gender. Founded upon the work of Gloria Ladson-Billings, CRE argues for linking student culture to the classroom for African-Ame…
"CRE is an educational theory that calls for recreating K-12 curriculum so that it “centers” student cultures—by which it generally means skin color, ancestry, ethnicity, or gender. Founded upon the work of Gloria Ladson-Billings, CRE argues for linking student culture to the classroom for African-American and other underserved students."
The core of {"the notorious"} GLB's "centering" of culture is *not* skin color, ancestry, ethnicity, or gender so much as the shared *racialized history* of "Black Americans" — as a "people" — whose {collective} psychology has been forged under the oppression of white supremacy in the USA. She is channeling (late) du Bois, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael {+SNCC}, LeRoi Jones, and others who rejected the integrationist {"Liberal"} perspective of MLK in favor of a quasi Black Nationalism. That comes to acute realization in Critical Race Theory {Bell, Crenshaw et al.}, of course, which is one of the approaches she leans on to develop CRE.
As I've noted elsewhere, I think FAIR-minded folks should read CRT proponent Gary Peller on this to appreciate the nuance — otherwise our framing of the issue is bound to get in the way of effective dialogue toward establishing a common culture of ... *understanding* ...
Great work as always Dana — one note:
"CRE is an educational theory that calls for recreating K-12 curriculum so that it “centers” student cultures—by which it generally means skin color, ancestry, ethnicity, or gender. Founded upon the work of Gloria Ladson-Billings, CRE argues for linking student culture to the classroom for African-American and other underserved students."
The core of {"the notorious"} GLB's "centering" of culture is *not* skin color, ancestry, ethnicity, or gender so much as the shared *racialized history* of "Black Americans" — as a "people" — whose {collective} psychology has been forged under the oppression of white supremacy in the USA. She is channeling (late) du Bois, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael {+SNCC}, LeRoi Jones, and others who rejected the integrationist {"Liberal"} perspective of MLK in favor of a quasi Black Nationalism. That comes to acute realization in Critical Race Theory {Bell, Crenshaw et al.}, of course, which is one of the approaches she leans on to develop CRE.
As I've noted elsewhere, I think FAIR-minded folks should read CRT proponent Gary Peller on this to appreciate the nuance — otherwise our framing of the issue is bound to get in the way of effective dialogue toward establishing a common culture of ... *understanding* ...
Great work — inspiring with solid advice. :-)