The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
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Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve
Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is “done.” That’s where the eight in ten teachers who are White women fit in . . . and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect and connect with all of their students.
So much more than a call to call to action—but that, too!—The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys brings together research, activities, personal stories, and video interviews to help us all embrace the deep realities and thrilling potential of this crucial American task. With Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to:
- Develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school
- Change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves
- Overcome your unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students
If you are a teacher who is afraid to talk about race, that’s okay. Fear is a normal human emotion and racial competence is a skill that can be learned. We promise that reading this extraordinary guide will be a life-changing first step forward . . . for both you and the students you serve.
About the Authors
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. Dr. Moore is recognized as one of the nation’s top motivational speakers and educators, especially for his work with students K–16. Dr. Moore is the Founder/Program Director for the White Privilege Conference, one of the top national and international conferences for participants who want to move beyond dialogue and into action around issues of diversity, power, privilege, and leadership.
Ali Michael, Ph.D., is the co-founder and director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators, and the author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry, and Education, winner of the 2017 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award. She is co-editor of the bestselling Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice and sits on the editorial board of the journal, Whiteness and Education. Dr. Michael teaches in the mid-career doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, as well as the Graduate Counseling Program at Arcadia University.
Dr. Marguerite W. Penick-Parks currently serves as Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Her work centers on issues of power, privilege, and oppression in relationship to issues of curriculum with a special emphasis on the incorporation of quality literature in K–12 classrooms. She appears in the movie, “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible,” by the World Trust Organization. Her most recent work includes a joint article on creating safe spaces for discussing White privilege with preservice teachers.
Contents
FOREWORDS - Glenn E. Singleton, Heather Hackman
FOREWORDS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE GUIDE FOR WHITE WOMEN WHO TEACH BLACK BOYS - Ali Michael, Eddie Moore Jr., Marguerite W. Penick-Parks with contributions from Edward J. Smith
INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE GUIDE FOR WHITE WOMEN WHO TEACH BLACK BOYS
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING
Part 1: Exploring the Self
- 1. READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY - Debby Irving
- Vignette: Raisins in the Sun: White Teacher as a Force of Nature Buffering the Radiation of Racial Retaliation - Howard Stevenson
- 2. THE STATE OF THE WHITE WOMAN TEACHER - Julie Landsman
- 3. ADVANCING THE SUCCESS OF BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR - The Seven Centers
- Vignette: Two Black Boys - Solomon Smart
- 4. UNDERSTANDING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AS ONE MORE TOOL IN THE COMMITTED WHITE TEACHER’S EQUITY TOOLKIT - Diane Finnerty
- 5. WHITE FEMALE TEACHERS AND BLACK BOYS: RIGHT TEACHERS AND (MIS)UNDERSTOOD BOYS - John Marshall
- 6. WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT - Ali Michael
- 7. WHAT IF BEING CALLED RACIST IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END, OF THE CONVERSATION? - Elizabeth Denevi
- Vignette: New Understandings - Eli Scearce
- 8. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WHITE TEACHER? - Robin DiAngelo
Part 2: Understanding the Constraints and Challenging the Narratives About Who Black Boys Are and Who White Women Can Be
- 9. RESPECTING BLACK BOYS AND THEIR HISTORY - Jawanza Kunjufu
- 10. “I CAN SWITCH MY LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN’T SWITCH MY SKIN”: WHAT TEACHERS MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT LINGUISTIC RACISM - April Baker-Bell
- Vignette: The Color of Poop - Krystal de’LeÓn
- 11. IDENTITY SAFETY AS AN ANTIDOTE TO STEREOTYPE THREAT - Becki Cohn-Vargas
- 12. THE SCIENCE BEHIND PSYCHOLOGICAL VERVE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR BLACK STUDENTS - Darla Scott
- 13. THE VISIT - Justin Coles and Chezare A. Warren
- 14. REWRITING THE NARRATIVE - Toni Graves Williamson
- Vignette: Slavery’s Archetypes Affect White Women Teachers - Olugbala Williams
- 15. “DON’T LEAN—JUMP IN”: THE FIERCE URGENCY TO CONFRONT, DISMANTLE, AND (RE)WRITE THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF BLACK BOYS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS - Sharoni Little
RESPECTING
RESPECTING
Part 3: Respecting the Broad Diversity of Black Boys’ Experiences and Identities
- Vignette: Prince Taught Me the Redefinition of Black Masculinity - Jack Hill
- 16. STRATEGIES FOR SHOWING LOVE TO BLACK BOYS - Jamie Washington
- 17. WHITE PRIVILEGE AND BLACK EXCELLENCE: TWO TERMS I’VE BEEN “AFRAID” OF FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE - David Stills
- 18. BLACK BOYS AND THEIR RACIAL IDENTITY: LEARNING HOW THEY FIT INTO SOCIETY AND IN YOUR CLASSROOM - Paul A. Robbins, Leann V. Smith, and Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards
- Vignette: I Had a Right - Adrian Chandler
- 19. TEACHING BLACK BOYS DURING CHILDHOOD: A COUNTERNARRATIVE AND CONSIDERATIONS - Joseph Derrick Nelson
- Vignette: Being Black and Deaf Is a Double Stigma - Sean Norman
- 20. “HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE?!”: CENTERING RACE, GENDER, AND POVERTY - H. Richard Milner
- 21. THE N!GGA(ER) IN ME - Eddie Moore Jr.
- Vignette: Die N-word Die - Marguerite W. Penick-Parks
- 22. BLACKNESS/TRANSNESS: TWO TARGETS ON MY BACK - Zeam Porter with Ty Gale
- Vignette: What Educators Can Do to Support Trans Students - Phillipe Cunningham
- 23. WHITE TEACHERS AND THE POWER TO TRANSFORM: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LASTING HARM - Chonika Coleman-King and Jabina Coleman
- Vignette: Brown Mothers, White Children - Jillian Best Adler
- 24. LEARN ABOUT US BEFORE YOU TEACH (ABOUT) US: QUEER BLACK BOYS - Benny Vasquez
- 25. BLACK MALE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN K–12 CLASSROOMS: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORT TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE AS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS - Chance Lewis and Amber Bryant
- Vignette: The Administrative Assistant Staff Member: Oh, and Black! - Deneen R. Young
Part 4: Relationships With Parents, Colleagues, and Community
- 26. HELPING AMAZING BLACK BOYS BECOME AMAZING BLACK MEN - An interview with Verna Myers
- 27. CONNECTING WITH BLACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS: EQUAL VISION - Shakti Butler
- Vignette: Being a Black Mom of Black Boys - Orinthia Swindell
- 28. ACTIVATING INCLUSIVENESS - Chris Avery
- 29. BELIEF, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING POWERFUL CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES - Stefanie Rome and Ty-Ron Douglas
- Vignette: The Symbolic Teacher - Carl Moore
- 30. RUMINATIONS FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF A #BLACKMOMMYACTIVIST - Shemariah Arki
- Vignette: Discipline Practices of Caribbean Families - Chonika Coleman-King
- 31. FIND FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: A LOVE LETTER TO MY BABIES’ TEACHERS - Crystal T. Laura
CONNECTING
CONNECTING
Part 5: Connecting Student Success and Failure to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- 32. START OUT FIRM - Valerie Adams-Bass
- 33. A PARABLE OF ACADEMIC MISGIVINGS: THE EDUCATOR’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING COLLEGE UNDERMATCH - Edward J. Smith
Vignette: Nonviolence, Violence, Standing Up - Aaron Abram
- 34. THE COLLUSION OF SOCIAL NORMS AND WORKING WITH INTERRACIAL FAMILIES - Jennifer Chandler
- 35. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SUPPORT “THESE” STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR POTENTIAL? STRATEGIES FOR CREATING EQUITABLE CLASSROOMS - Brian Johnson
Vignette: Dismantling the “White Savior Mentality” - Marvin Pierre
- 36. INTERRUPTING SCHOOL STRUCTURES: ADD/ADHD OVERIDENTIFICATION AND HOW BLACK CULTURAL STYLES ARE OFTEN CONFUSED FOR ADD - Erica Snowden
- 37. FOOTBALL, SPORTS, AND MOORE - USING SCHOOL STRUCTURES TO GET MORE OUT OF BLACK BOYS - Eddie Moore Jr. and Frederick Gooding Jr.
Part 6: Connecting Student Success to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- Vignette: How Do Black Lives Matter in Your Curriculum? - Russell Marsh
- 38. STRATEGIES THAT DE-ESCALATE CONFLICT IN THE CLASSROOM - Barbara Moore-Williams, Deitra Spence, and Christopher McGinley
- 39. MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS - Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Suzanne Fondrie, and Omobolade Delano-Oriaran
- 40. BLACK FACES AND WHITE SPACES: RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING BLACK BOYS IN GIFTED EDUCATION - Brian L. Wright, Donna Y. Ford, and Tarek C. Grantham
- 41. THE BOOK MATTERS: USING THE COLOR-CODED BLOOM-BANKS MATRIX TO SUPPORT THE LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT OF BLACK BOYS - Michelle Trotman Scott, Brian L. Wright, and Donna Y. Ford
- 42. BOOKS AND CURRICULUM: WHAT TO READ WITH BLACK MALES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION OF POSITIVE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT - Marie Michael
- 43. GLOBAL SKILLS: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND THE PLAYGROUND - Dion Crushshon
OUTTRO: REMEMBER, BLACK GIRLS AREN’T DOING “JUST FINE”: SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM - Charlotte E. Jacobs
OUTTRO: REMEMBER, BLACK GIRLS AREN’T DOING “JUST FINE”: SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM
VIDEO RESOURCES
VIDEO RESOURCES
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
INDEX
INDEX
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/WWBBGuideDescription
Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve
Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is “done.” That’s where the eight in ten teachers who are White women fit in . . . and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect and connect with all of their students.
So much more than a call to call to action—but that, too!—The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys brings together research, activities, personal stories, and video interviews to help us all embrace the deep realities and thrilling potential of this crucial American task. With Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to:
- Develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school
- Change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves
- Overcome your unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students
If you are a teacher who is afraid to talk about race, that’s okay. Fear is a normal human emotion and racial competence is a skill that can be learned. We promise that reading this extraordinary guide will be a life-changing first step forward . . . for both you and the students you serve.
About the Authors
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. Dr. Moore is recognized as one of the nation’s top motivational speakers and educators, especially for his work with students K–16. Dr. Moore is the Founder/Program Director for the White Privilege Conference, one of the top national and international conferences for participants who want to move beyond dialogue and into action around issues of diversity, power, privilege, and leadership.
Ali Michael, Ph.D., is the co-founder and director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators, and the author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry, and Education, winner of the 2017 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award. She is co-editor of the bestselling Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice and sits on the editorial board of the journal, Whiteness and Education. Dr. Michael teaches in the mid-career doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, as well as the Graduate Counseling Program at Arcadia University.
Dr. Marguerite W. Penick-Parks currently serves as Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Her work centers on issues of power, privilege, and oppression in relationship to issues of curriculum with a special emphasis on the incorporation of quality literature in K–12 classrooms. She appears in the movie, “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible,” by the World Trust Organization. Her most recent work includes a joint article on creating safe spaces for discussing White privilege with preservice teachers.
Contents
FOREWORDS - Glenn E. Singleton, Heather Hackman
FOREWORDS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE GUIDE FOR WHITE WOMEN WHO TEACH BLACK BOYS - Ali Michael, Eddie Moore Jr., Marguerite W. Penick-Parks with contributions from Edward J. Smith
INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE GUIDE FOR WHITE WOMEN WHO TEACH BLACK BOYS
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING
Part 1: Exploring the Self
- 1. READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY - Debby Irving
- Vignette: Raisins in the Sun: White Teacher as a Force of Nature Buffering the Radiation of Racial Retaliation - Howard Stevenson
- 2. THE STATE OF THE WHITE WOMAN TEACHER - Julie Landsman
- 3. ADVANCING THE SUCCESS OF BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR - The Seven Centers
- Vignette: Two Black Boys - Solomon Smart
- 4. UNDERSTANDING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AS ONE MORE TOOL IN THE COMMITTED WHITE TEACHER’S EQUITY TOOLKIT - Diane Finnerty
- 5. WHITE FEMALE TEACHERS AND BLACK BOYS: RIGHT TEACHERS AND (MIS)UNDERSTOOD BOYS - John Marshall
- 6. WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT - Ali Michael
- 7. WHAT IF BEING CALLED RACIST IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END, OF THE CONVERSATION? - Elizabeth Denevi
- Vignette: New Understandings - Eli Scearce
- 8. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WHITE TEACHER? - Robin DiAngelo
Part 2: Understanding the Constraints and Challenging the Narratives About Who Black Boys Are and Who White Women Can Be
- 9. RESPECTING BLACK BOYS AND THEIR HISTORY - Jawanza Kunjufu
- 10. “I CAN SWITCH MY LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN’T SWITCH MY SKIN”: WHAT TEACHERS MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT LINGUISTIC RACISM - April Baker-Bell
- Vignette: The Color of Poop - Krystal de’LeÓn
- 11. IDENTITY SAFETY AS AN ANTIDOTE TO STEREOTYPE THREAT - Becki Cohn-Vargas
- 12. THE SCIENCE BEHIND PSYCHOLOGICAL VERVE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR BLACK STUDENTS - Darla Scott
- 13. THE VISIT - Justin Coles and Chezare A. Warren
- 14. REWRITING THE NARRATIVE - Toni Graves Williamson
- Vignette: Slavery’s Archetypes Affect White Women Teachers - Olugbala Williams
- 15. “DON’T LEAN—JUMP IN”: THE FIERCE URGENCY TO CONFRONT, DISMANTLE, AND (RE)WRITE THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF BLACK BOYS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS - Sharoni Little
RESPECTING
RESPECTING
Part 3: Respecting the Broad Diversity of Black Boys’ Experiences and Identities
- Vignette: Prince Taught Me the Redefinition of Black Masculinity - Jack Hill
- 16. STRATEGIES FOR SHOWING LOVE TO BLACK BOYS - Jamie Washington
- 17. WHITE PRIVILEGE AND BLACK EXCELLENCE: TWO TERMS I’VE BEEN “AFRAID” OF FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE - David Stills
- 18. BLACK BOYS AND THEIR RACIAL IDENTITY: LEARNING HOW THEY FIT INTO SOCIETY AND IN YOUR CLASSROOM - Paul A. Robbins, Leann V. Smith, and Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards
- Vignette: I Had a Right - Adrian Chandler
- 19. TEACHING BLACK BOYS DURING CHILDHOOD: A COUNTERNARRATIVE AND CONSIDERATIONS - Joseph Derrick Nelson
- Vignette: Being Black and Deaf Is a Double Stigma - Sean Norman
- 20. “HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE?!”: CENTERING RACE, GENDER, AND POVERTY - H. Richard Milner
- 21. THE N!GGA(ER) IN ME - Eddie Moore Jr.
- Vignette: Die N-word Die - Marguerite W. Penick-Parks
- 22. BLACKNESS/TRANSNESS: TWO TARGETS ON MY BACK - Zeam Porter with Ty Gale
- Vignette: What Educators Can Do to Support Trans Students - Phillipe Cunningham
- 23. WHITE TEACHERS AND THE POWER TO TRANSFORM: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LASTING HARM - Chonika Coleman-King and Jabina Coleman
- Vignette: Brown Mothers, White Children - Jillian Best Adler
- 24. LEARN ABOUT US BEFORE YOU TEACH (ABOUT) US: QUEER BLACK BOYS - Benny Vasquez
- 25. BLACK MALE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN K–12 CLASSROOMS: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORT TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE AS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS - Chance Lewis and Amber Bryant
- Vignette: The Administrative Assistant Staff Member: Oh, and Black! - Deneen R. Young
Part 4: Relationships With Parents, Colleagues, and Community
- 26. HELPING AMAZING BLACK BOYS BECOME AMAZING BLACK MEN - An interview with Verna Myers
- 27. CONNECTING WITH BLACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS: EQUAL VISION - Shakti Butler
- Vignette: Being a Black Mom of Black Boys - Orinthia Swindell
- 28. ACTIVATING INCLUSIVENESS - Chris Avery
- 29. BELIEF, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING POWERFUL CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES - Stefanie Rome and Ty-Ron Douglas
- Vignette: The Symbolic Teacher - Carl Moore
- 30. RUMINATIONS FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF A #BLACKMOMMYACTIVIST - Shemariah Arki
- Vignette: Discipline Practices of Caribbean Families - Chonika Coleman-King
- 31. FIND FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: A LOVE LETTER TO MY BABIES’ TEACHERS - Crystal T. Laura
CONNECTING
CONNECTING
Part 5: Connecting Student Success and Failure to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- 32. START OUT FIRM - Valerie Adams-Bass
- 33. A PARABLE OF ACADEMIC MISGIVINGS: THE EDUCATOR’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING COLLEGE UNDERMATCH - Edward J. Smith
Vignette: Nonviolence, Violence, Standing Up - Aaron Abram
- 34. THE COLLUSION OF SOCIAL NORMS AND WORKING WITH INTERRACIAL FAMILIES - Jennifer Chandler
- 35. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SUPPORT “THESE” STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR POTENTIAL? STRATEGIES FOR CREATING EQUITABLE CLASSROOMS - Brian Johnson
Vignette: Dismantling the “White Savior Mentality” - Marvin Pierre
- 36. INTERRUPTING SCHOOL STRUCTURES: ADD/ADHD OVERIDENTIFICATION AND HOW BLACK CULTURAL STYLES ARE OFTEN CONFUSED FOR ADD - Erica Snowden
- 37. FOOTBALL, SPORTS, AND MOORE - USING SCHOOL STRUCTURES TO GET MORE OUT OF BLACK BOYS - Eddie Moore Jr. and Frederick Gooding Jr.
Part 6: Connecting Student Success to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- Vignette: How Do Black Lives Matter in Your Curriculum? - Russell Marsh
- 38. STRATEGIES THAT DE-ESCALATE CONFLICT IN THE CLASSROOM - Barbara Moore-Williams, Deitra Spence, and Christopher McGinley
- 39. MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS - Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Suzanne Fondrie, and Omobolade Delano-Oriaran
- 40. BLACK FACES AND WHITE SPACES: RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING BLACK BOYS IN GIFTED EDUCATION - Brian L. Wright, Donna Y. Ford, and Tarek C. Grantham
- 41. THE BOOK MATTERS: USING THE COLOR-CODED BLOOM-BANKS MATRIX TO SUPPORT THE LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT OF BLACK BOYS - Michelle Trotman Scott, Brian L. Wright, and Donna Y. Ford
- 42. BOOKS AND CURRICULUM: WHAT TO READ WITH BLACK MALES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION OF POSITIVE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT - Marie Michael
- 43. GLOBAL SKILLS: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND THE PLAYGROUND - Dion Crushshon
OUTTRO: REMEMBER, BLACK GIRLS AREN’T DOING “JUST FINE”: SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM - Charlotte E. Jacobs
OUTTRO: REMEMBER, BLACK GIRLS AREN’T DOING “JUST FINE”: SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM
VIDEO RESOURCES
VIDEO RESOURCES
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
INDEX
INDEX
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/WWBBGuideReviews
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
September 2017 | 472 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781506351681 | $40.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781506351773 | $37.00 |
Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve
Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is “done.” That’s where the eight in ten teachers who are White women fit in . . . and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect and connect with all of their students.
So much more than a call to call to action—but that, too!—The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys brings together research, activities, personal stories, and video interviews to help us all embrace the deep realities and thrilling potential of this crucial American task. With Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to:
- Develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school
- Change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves
- Overcome your unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students
If you are a teacher who is afraid to talk about race, that’s okay. Fear is a normal human emotion and racial competence is a skill that can be learned. We promise that reading this extraordinary guide will be a life-changing first step forward . . . for both you and the students you serve.
About the Authors
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. Dr. Moore is recognized as one of the nation’s top motivational speakers and educators, especially for his work with students K–16. Dr. Moore is the Founder/Program Director for the White Privilege Conference, one of the top national and international conferences for participants who want to move beyond dialogue and into action around issues of diversity, power, privilege, and leadership.
Ali Michael, Ph.D., is the co-founder and director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators, and the author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry, and Education, winner of the 2017 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award. She is co-editor of the bestselling Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice and sits on the editorial board of the journal, Whiteness and Education. Dr. Michael teaches in the mid-career doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, as well as the Graduate Counseling Program at Arcadia University.
Dr. Marguerite W. Penick-Parks currently serves as Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Her work centers on issues of power, privilege, and oppression in relationship to issues of curriculum with a special emphasis on the incorporation of quality literature in K–12 classrooms. She appears in the movie, “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible,” by the World Trust Organization. Her most recent work includes a joint article on creating safe spaces for discussing White privilege with preservice teachers.
Table Of Contents:
- FOREWORDS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE GUIDE FOR WHITE WOMEN WHO TEACH BLACK BOYS
- UNDERSTANDING
- Part 1: Exploring the Self
- 1. READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
- Vignette: Raisins in the Sun: White Teacher as a Force of Nature Buffering the Radiation of Racial Retaliation
- 2. THE STATE OF THE WHITE WOMAN TEACHER
- 3. ADVANCING THE SUCCESS OF BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR
- Vignette: Two Black Boys
- 4. UNDERSTANDING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AS ONE MORE TOOL IN THE COMMITTED WHITE TEACHER’S EQUITY TOOLKIT
- 5. WHITE FEMALE TEACHERS AND BLACK BOYS: RIGHT TEACHERS AND (MIS)UNDERSTOOD BOYS
- 6. WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT
- 7. WHAT IF BEING CALLED RACIST IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END, OF THE CONVERSATION?
- Vignette: New Understandings
- 8. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WHITE TEACHER?
- Part 2: Understanding the Constraints and Challenging the Narratives About Who Black Boys Are and Who White Women Can Be
- 9. RESPECTING BLACK BOYS AND THEIR HISTORY
- 10. “I CAN SWITCH MY LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN’T SWITCH MY SKIN”: WHAT TEACHERS MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT LINGUISTIC RACISM
- Vignette: The Color of Poop
- 11. IDENTITY SAFETY AS AN ANTIDOTE TO STEREOTYPE THREAT
- 12. THE SCIENCE BEHIND PSYCHOLOGICAL VERVE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR BLACK STUDENTS
- 13. THE VISIT
- 14. REWRITING THE NARRATIVE
- Vignette: Slavery’s Archetypes Affect White Women Teachers
- 15. “DON’T LEAN—JUMP IN”: THE FIERCE URGENCY TO CONFRONT, DISMANTLE, AND (RE)WRITE THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF BLACK BOYS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- RESPECTING
- Part 3: Respecting the Broad Diversity of Black Boys’ Experiences and Identities
- Vignette: Prince Taught Me the Redefinition of Black Masculinity
- 16. STRATEGIES FOR SHOWING LOVE TO BLACK BOYS
- 17. WHITE PRIVILEGE AND BLACK EXCELLENCE: TWO TERMS I’VE BEEN “AFRAID” OF FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE
- 18. BLACK BOYS AND THEIR RACIAL IDENTITY: LEARNING HOW THEY FIT INTO SOCIETY AND IN YOUR CLASSROOM
- Vignette: I Had a Right
- 19. TEACHING BLACK BOYS DURING CHILDHOOD: A COUNTERNARRATIVE AND CONSIDERATIONS
- Vignette: Being Black and Deaf Is a Double Stigma
- 20. “HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE?!”: CENTERING RACE, GENDER, AND POVERTY
- 21. THE N!GGA(ER) IN ME
- Vignette: Die N-word Die
- 22. BLACKNESS/TRANSNESS: TWO TARGETS ON MY BACK
- Vignette: What Educators Can Do to Support Trans Students
- 23. WHITE TEACHERS AND THE POWER TO TRANSFORM: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LASTING HARM
- Vignette: Brown Mothers, White Children
- 24. LEARN ABOUT US BEFORE YOU TEACH (ABOUT) US: QUEER BLACK BOYS
- 25. BLACK MALE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN K–12 CLASSROOMS: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORT TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE AS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
- Vignette: The Administrative Assistant Staff Member: Oh, and Black!
- Part 4: Relationships With Parents, Colleagues, and Community
- 26. HELPING AMAZING BLACK BOYS BECOME AMAZING BLACK MEN
- 27. CONNECTING WITH BLACK STUDENTS AND PARENTS: EQUAL VISION
- Vignette: Being a Black Mom of Black Boys
- 28. ACTIVATING INCLUSIVENESS
- 29. BELIEF, PEDAGOGY, AND PRACTICE: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING POWERFUL CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES
- Vignette: The Symbolic Teacher
- 30. RUMINATIONS FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF A #BLACKMOMMYACTIVIST
- Vignette: Discipline Practices of Caribbean Families
- 31. FIND FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: A LOVE LETTER TO MY BABIES’ TEACHERS
- CONNECTING
- Part 5: Connecting Student Success and Failure to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- 32. START OUT FIRM
- 33. A PARABLE OF ACADEMIC MISGIVINGS: THE EDUCATOR’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING COLLEGE UNDERMATCH
- Vignette: Nonviolence, Violence, Standing Up
- 34. THE COLLUSION OF SOCIAL NORMS AND WORKING WITH INTERRACIAL FAMILIES
- 35. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SUPPORT “THESE” STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR POTENTIAL? STRATEGIES FOR CREATING EQUITABLE CLASSROOMS
- Vignette: Dismantling the “White Savior Mentality”
- 36. INTERRUPTING SCHOOL STRUCTURES: ADD/ADHD OVERIDENTIFICATION AND HOW BLACK CULTURAL STYLES ARE OFTEN CONFUSED FOR ADD
- 37. FOOTBALL, SPORTS, AND MOORE - USING SCHOOL STRUCTURES TO GET MORE OUT OF BLACK BOYS
- Part 6: Connecting Student Success to School Structures and Classroom Strategies
- Vignette: How Do Black Lives Matter in Your Curriculum?
- 38. STRATEGIES THAT DE-ESCALATE CONFLICT IN THE CLASSROOM
- 39. MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
- 40. BLACK FACES AND WHITE SPACES: RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING BLACK BOYS IN GIFTED EDUCATION
- 41. THE BOOK MATTERS: USING THE COLOR-CODED BLOOM-BANKS MATRIX TO SUPPORT THE LITERACY AND ENGAGEMENT OF BLACK BOYS
- 42. BOOKS AND CURRICULUM: WHAT TO READ WITH BLACK MALES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION OF POSITIVE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT
- 43. GLOBAL SKILLS: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND THE PLAYGROUND
- OUTTRO: REMEMBER, BLACK GIRLS AREN’T DOING “JUST FINE”: SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM
- VIDEO RESOURCES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX