“Nae problem here”: Troubling race and racism in Scottish education

Abstract

This article examines how Scottish schools perpetuate racism and uphold White normativity. It troubles frameworks which buttresses colour-evasive forms of racism in schools and calls for a more critical examination of how White normativity is embedded in educational policy, structures, and practices. Utilising Critical Race Theory and phenomenology of Whiteness, it offers priorities for practice that consider and advance knowledge for teaching an anti-racist curriculum. It calls attention to addressing the material and structural practices of White normativity, intersectional oppression and for schools to forge alliances with third-sector organisations that provide anti-racist advocacy and teaching support.