Exposing Color Blindness/Grounding Color Consciousness: Challenges for Teacher Education

Authors

Kerri Ullucci, Roger Williams UniversityFollow
Dan Battey, The State University of New Jersey

Document Type

Article

Comments

Publisher in: Urban Education, 46, 6, 2011.

Abstract

As teacher educators we have been struck by the consistency, urgency, and frequency in which students employ color-blind perspectives. This orientation has negative consequences in K-12 settings. In this manuscript, we lay out the multiple meanings of color blindness, drawing from legal, educational, and social science traditions, and offer arguments for color consciousness in education. In addition, we use this theoretical perspective to investigate interventions for countering color blindness in teacher education. Using a framework steeped in the tenets of color consciousness, we draw from scholars as well as our own work to provide interventions designed to challenge color-blind orientations in teachers.

Recommended Citation

Ullucci, Kerri and D. Battey. 2011. "Exposing colorblindness/Grounding Color Consciousness: Challenges for Teacher Education." Urban Education 46 (6): 1195-1225.