New episode of the Staff Lounge Podcast!
Confronting Anti-Black Racism in the Classroom
February is Black History Month and Black History is everyone's history. To recognize and honour the legacy and contributions of Black Canadians and to learn more about how Humber is acknowledging and celebrating Black History Month, our host, Shirantha Beddage, met with Morris Beckford, Manager, Education & Training in the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion.
In this honest and thought provoking conversation, we reflect on how deeply entrenched anti-Black racism is in education and how individual faculty members and educational institutions can respond to anti-Black racism and create a more just and honest educational system.
“Transformation is about getting to a space where we're living the values we tell ourselves that we're supposed to be living—so values of equity, values of inclusion, building a sense of belonging for everybody. For me transformation is digging deep and going to the heart of why we got to this horrible place, in the first place. It's making sure we understand it so we don't do it again. That to me is what transformation really looks like." — Morris Beckford, Manager, Education & Training, Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion.
References from this Episode:
- Assassination of the Black Male Image by Earl Hutchinson
- Critical Theory: Pathway From Dichotomous to Integrated Social Work Practice by Lorraine Moya Salas, Soma Sen, & Elizabeth A. Segal
- Black Skin, White Mask by Franz Fanon
Further Resources:
> Black History | Heritage 365 events
> Humber Centre for Human Rights Equity & Diversity/Education & Training
> "Black History is Everybody's History: Do you know?" (Check the Humber Communiqué daily in February)
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