RACISM AND EDUCATION. A CRITICAL REVIEW

This article introduces a critical review about racism and education. Educational approaches related to this topic such as the first multiculturalism, anti-racist education and critical multiculturalism are analyzed. Then the article delves into developing elements to reflect upon educational praxis in order to claim the right for educational self-determination. Such elements comprise agency and teachers’ positioning, critical awareness development and the need to discuss contents that privilege whiteness. The conclusion draws on the need of anti-racist education to achieve equity through the acknowledgement of how people know, understand and experience themselves as subjects, as community members and as citizens of a nation.

Keywords:
Racism; Anti-racist education; Critical multiculturalism