Confessions of racism in anti-racist education: Political, affective and pedagogical concerns

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Michalinos Zembylas
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This theoretical paper proposes to expand our understanding of ‘confessions of racism’ in the context of anti-racist education through the lens of ‘affective governmentality’. Confessions of racism are admissions of racism or declarations of privilege that foreground self-criticism and self-purification. The notion of affective governmentality turns attention to how confessions of racism function to normalize psychologized, individualized and depoliticized understandings of racism. Rather than outrightly dismissing confessions of racism though, given their probable persistence in popular and education discourses, an attempt is made here to re-frame them in order to highlight structural racism and inspire transformative action. It is argued that this re-framing could provide students and educators engaged in anti-racist education with a more effective path ahead. The paper concludes by suggesting that confessions of racism are used pedagogically in the classroom to revitalize attention to structural racism and transformative action rather than to foreground self-criticism and self-purification.
反种族主义教育中的种族主义忏悔:政治、情感和教学问题
本文从 "情感政府性 "的角度出发,提出在反种族主义教育的背景下拓展我们对 "种族主义忏悔 "的理解。种族主义忏悔是对种族主义的承认或对特权的宣示,它强调自我批判和自我净化。情感政府性 "这一概念将注意力转向了种族主义忏悔是如何将心理化、个人化和非政治化的种族主义理解正常化的。鉴于种族主义忏悔在大众和教育话语中可能持续存在,本文并没有直接否定种族主义忏悔,而是试图重新界定种族主义忏悔,以突出结构性种族主义并激发变革行动。本文认为,这种重新构建可以为从事反种族主义教育的学生和教育工作者提供一条更有效的前进道路。本文最后建议,在课堂上以教学方式使用种族主义忏悔,以重振对结构性种族主义和变革行动的关注,而不是将自我批评和自我净化放在首位。
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Research in Education
Research in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
CiteScore
3.30
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7.70%
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9
期刊介绍: Research in Education has an established focus on the sociology and psychology of education and gives increased emphasis to current practical issues of direct interest to those in the teaching profession.
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