Pro-democracy educators in the United States often seem confused by Trumpism’s popularity and counter-hegemonic power. Typically, they reduce his supporters to dolts, cynics, racists, or people operating under some version of false consciousness. It rarely occurs to them that tens of millions of people gravitate to Trumpism because neoliberal democracy has failed to provide the poor, working-class, recent refugees, immigrants, and women formidable levels of political capital. It has also failed to deliver economic, food, health, and educational security to vast segments of the population. This confusion has led to an uncritical acceptance that democratic education will be able to hold back the counter-hegemonic tide of totalitarianism overtaking democracy in the United States.
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This commentary examines some of the less talked-about aspects of remote learning through my first-hand lenses as an online educator for an undergraduate course in Education. I look into the sociomaterial equations at play in connection to issues of agency, engagement, and perceptions of surveillance, concluding that these are gainfully supported by remote methods of learning.
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Historically, Black male teachers have been treated as foreigners in a majority-White, female profession. Research shows that Black male teachers are often viewed as intellectually inferior school support staff whose role is to serve as disciplinarians and coaches but not to teach pedological content. It is vital that Black male teachers be given more respect. In this commentary I provide a personal narrative of my experiences as a Black male teacher in relation to Wolf Wofensberger’s social role valorization theory, which purports that society values groups based on their perceived societal value. Using Wolfensberger’s theory will allow for better exploration the devaluation of Black male teachers based on the roles they are expected (e.g., support staff, cultural broker) and not expected (e.g., developer of school curriculum) to play in public schools. The ultimate goal in this commentary is to shed light on the unfortunate circumstance that in U.S. the archetype of the teacher is still a White woman and that Black men who work as teachers are asked to convenience these teachers at the expense of themselves and students’ needs.
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HBCUs are often lauded as diverse and inclusive environments. However, trends in tenure appointments and lawsuits show that women are often discounted This brief essay discusses some trends in tenure appointments and lawsuits which indicate that Black women are experiencing gender based inequities at HBCUS.
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