"Antiracism is the design and implementation of practices to address, mitigate, and or dismantle racism. Attention has been drawn to antiracism efforts, but little has been done to describe the actual practices to create antiracist systems. Since the mid-1950s the framework and tools have been available to create and re-define systems through the field of system dynamics. The principles of systems dynamics can be applied to complex systems, like education, to infuse and transform them to be antiracist and more equitable. The application of the design principles will create a unique and highly effective lens that simultaneously integrates with existing equity language and frameworks, but also has clear strategies and tools to promote equity-based innovation on the systemic level. This book provides a way to conceptualize racism and race as systemic in nature, understand systems dynamics and the related tools, and then apply the tools to reverse engineer racism and redesign education through antiracism. Itdoes so through the Oppression Cycle: Stereotypes, the inherent messages that a person may carry about groups of individuals, may lend itself to prejudice. Prejudice, the pre-judgments, beliefs, or cognitions of groups of people, could lead to discrimination. Discrimination is action against individuals or groups of people. Oppression is the summation of Prejudice and Discrimination combined with Power and Time"--
Make schools the gateway to knowledge, equality, and freedom for all
The statistics are real: Black students are more likely to be suspended, more likely to attempt suicide, and less likely to attend college than their white peers. What can we do to change these realities? Do you want to just talk about race, or do you want to make real change in the lives of children and what they experience every day?
Antiracism is the design and implementation of practices to address, mitigate, and dismantle racism. In Redesigning Schools to Be Antiracist, author and professional school counselor Stephen Sharp shares a new framework for implementing effective and sustainable systems change to counter racism and redesign education. You'll discover
- Why so many systems remain unchanged despite intensive self-discovery and learning
- What the Oppression Cycle is and how to disrupt it
- Lessons learned from history and how to design a better future by remembering and not repeating the past
Redesigning Schools to Be Antiracist provides school counselors, leaders, and education professionals a way to conceptualize racism and race as systemic in nature, understand systems dynamics and the related tools, and apply these tools to make education better for every student you serve.
