Black Lives Matter: Reflections on Ferguson and Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v8i2.186221Keywords:
Social Justice, Black Lives Matter, Social Movements, Race, Racism,Abstract
Higher education, and more specifically, teacher education, despite claims of being a liberal progressive space is entrenched in White privilege. This essay recounts my experiences as a Black woman traversing activism in the OccupySLU movement and my pre-dominantly White pre-service teacher education program. I share how the White gaze reinforces power regardless of claims to do otherwise.
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2017-02-01
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The Legacy of Ferguson: A Referendum on Citizenship Denied
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