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In this thread, I& #39;ll live tweet some noteworthy points from
"Worth the Risk: Decoding and Decentering Whiteness in English Language Teaching."
An @iatefl talk by @JPBGerald!
"Worth the Risk: Decoding and Decentering Whiteness in English Language Teaching."
An @iatefl talk by @JPBGerald!
. @JPBGerald: There& #39;s a growing literature on language teaching and race, but language teaching and whiteness is severely underexplored.
. @JPBGerald: racism = racial discrimination + social oppression.
. @JPBGerald reminds us that anti-Blackness is global.
. @JPBGerald: whiteness was created to be supreme.
. @JPBGerald argues that in English language teaching, we are promising students the chance to get closer to whiteness.
According to @JPBGerald, there are 3 types of white resistance when you talk about ELT as a site of white supremacy, which is sustained by capitalism:
1) White fragility
2) White saviorism
3) Altruistic shield
1) White fragility
2) White saviorism
3) Altruistic shield
. @JPBGerald cites yours truly:
"In ELT, race and language are also components in the aesthetic labour of teachers: to look good is to be white, while to sound right entails speaking an inner circle variety of English"--from "Lacking the right aesthetic."
"In ELT, race and language are also components in the aesthetic labour of teachers: to look good is to be white, while to sound right entails speaking an inner circle variety of English"--from "Lacking the right aesthetic."
. @JPBGerald on how to decenter whiteness in ELT:
- journals: more scholarly spaces for language, race, & whiteness
- conference: no more all white & male panels
- curricula: new language teachers must study race
- journals: more scholarly spaces for language, race, & whiteness
- conference: no more all white & male panels
- curricula: new language teachers must study race
. @JPBGerald: "White teachers need to interrogate their whiteness."
. @JPBGerald has started The Ezel Project in his own attempt to translate his scholarship into real change to help decenter whiteness:
Find more info here: https://jpbgerald.com/the-ezel-project/">https://jpbgerald.com/the-ezel-...
Find more info here: https://jpbgerald.com/the-ezel-project/">https://jpbgerald.com/the-ezel-...
