White day a labyrinth named school angry woman

Being called racist is not the worst thing that can happen to someone. Then again, we probably should be called racist if weвЂ™re just standing there doing nothing. Just existing in a place so rooted in Whiteness and so under-serving of community of color means that a student will call you a racist for standing there doing nothing. Sometimes, just being a White teacher is enough. ItвЂ™s been the things IвЂ™ve said or not said, itвЂ™s been who I called on or didnвЂ™t. I talk about race a lot in my classroom, and itвЂ™s hard to talk about race, especially as a White guy, and not mess up. It hurts to be called racist, especially when you feel like youвЂ™re trying super hard not to be racist. Many other Black people have even said so. But many, maybe most, White people, hear any criticism or even conversation in that realm as an accusation, and need so badly for that person instantly, immediately, to understand how totally not racist they are. Usually, people donвЂ™t call us racist, and my guess is that many people of color have learned the вЂњRвЂќ word is a huge trigger of White tears and anger, and try to avoid it in favor of more specific, gentle language. The professor was challenged on a matter having to do with race, and she handled it the way lots of White people do when they feel like someone called them racist. IвЂ™m not going to re-cap it all for you, because you should go read it, really.

Parker, a Black woman and college student, challenged her professor, a White woman who still thinks multiple choice exams are acceptable on an exam having to do with slavery. If you havenвЂ™t read this piece by Kayla Renee Parker yet, you really should.

White day a labyrinth named school angry woman