“Let me make clear,” Stephanie A. Jirard, J.D., began. “Silence on the topic of race with your students is no longer an option.”
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In the United States, 82.7% of all public school teachers are white and it is estimated that 62% of all U.S. educators are white women. In higher education, a 2019 report by the American Council on Education found that only one in five full-time faculty were faculty of color. These statistics reflect the ongoing call to improve the academic pipeline so that it supports Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Educational institutions must work to strengthen the diversity of their staff, putting valuable, anti-racist measures in place. And white educators also need to put in work themselves.
Read MoreIn the wake of George Floyd’s killing, protests across the U.S. are amplifying deep-seated issues on structural racism and calling for society to finally engage in critical, culture-changing conversations. While many might find these conversations uncomfortable or not know how to start, research from the social and behavioral sciences can help. We’ve compiled a list of freely accessible, research-based resources on the importance of these discussions, best practices for carrying them out, as well as tools you can use to initiate discussing racism and policing with your students.
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