Read Guide to Coded Language in Education, posted by Subversive Thread on Instagram. Part of WiFi (What I Find Interesting) Wednesday.

“Academia has an aversion to language that precisely names oppression. Maybe it’s because it is largely controlled by wealthy, conservative white men (84 percent of full-time college professors are white and 60 percent of those are men). The stats for elementary and high school #teachers isn’t better ― 80 percent white.
“Where white people don’t dominate totally, #academia is still full of liberals who too often trade accurately naming oppression for institutional clout. In this Eurocentric, male, and capitalist education system, radical BI&POC are left in a constant cycle of #learning “new” language to describe problems we’ve lived through and named for generations.
“We start with Vol. I of our “Guide to Coded Language in Education.” This series is meant to sift through some of the jargon we hear in education spaces. It is a work in progress. If any of these slides feel unclear, if you would like to see more writing on a topic, please post below and tell us. There is only so much we can convey in a single slide on Instagram and we welcome the need to bring more nuance to this discussion.”
From Guide to Coded Language in Education, by Subversive Thread, Instagram, February 1, 2020
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Read Guide to Coded Language in Education, posted by Subversive Thread on Instagram. Part of WiFi (What I Find Interesting) Wednesday.
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