Know the literature

Begin with reading the anti-racism literature review. It explores the best anti-racism education strategies across Canadian universities. The core themes emerging from this literature are:

• Recognize the social effects of “race”.
• Engage with the social effects of “race” by acknowledging the intersecting forms of social oppression.
• Analyze the problems of white power and privilege.
• Emphasize how educational tools and texts commonly deracialize ideas and history.
• Acknowledge that the educational system marginalizes and delegitimizes the voices and experiences of subordinated groups.
• Teach holistically by addressing the scope of human experience, including ecological, social, and spiritual aspects.
• Validate diverse identities, recognizing the development of a person’s selfhood is connected to their education.
• Pursue inclusive schooling, advancing mutual respect, collective work and collective responsibility.
• Underscore that educational systems have historically marginalized the voices of subordinated groups by producing and reproducing race, sex, gender, and class based inequalities.