Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom

Cyndi Kernahan discusses her book Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom on episode 552 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Students begin to better understand institutionalized racism, which is my main goal for them.
-Cyndi Kernahan

When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person?
-Cyndi Kernahan

There’s a lot of psych research that shows that it’s easier for people to think about their own social privilege when they can also think about other parts of their identity that may not hold as much privilege.
-Cyndi Kernahan

Resources

• Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor, by Cyndi Kernahan
• The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
• McIntosh, Peggy, & Cleveland, Caitlin. (1990). White privilege: unpacking the invisible knapsack.
• The failed NFL diversity ‘rule’ corporate America loves, by Gus Garcia-Roberts for The Washington Post (gift article)
• Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan
• Bryan Dewsbury
• Tracie Addy
• Slow Horses – Season 1
• Harry Potter – Wizards of Baking
• Somebody Somewhere – Season 3
• Broke: The Racial Consequences Underfunding Public Universities
• The Wedding People