Representation Matters: Becoming an anti-racist educator.
Imagine growing up in a world where you do not feel connection anywhere. A world where you need to question your existence, value, and worth. Well, that was my existence and continues to be.
I am a 37-year-old Black mother of two Black boys. I am a former educator and the author of the book Representation Matters: becoming an anti-racist educator. It was never a book I planned to write. However, the more I embarked on my mission to challenge the education system regarding its racial inequalities, the more I became aware of the lack of resources available to educators who wanted to challenge themselves professionally and personally.
We, as educators, commit to the profession because we want to educate the next generation.
As educators, we have power, and we need to decide how to use it. We have a wonderful list of 24 contributors which every single one of them added their own touch to the final product.
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Aisha draws on her own experiences as a teacher, parent, and leading anti-racism advocate to ask us all to critically reflect upon what representation means in our own practice, and why representation really matters. A must-read for educators everywhere, through reflective activities and case studies, Aisha‘s experiences guide us throughout, offering us loving, practical, and considered suggestions to help develop anti-racist and social justice-led practice in our own educational spaces.
Malcolm Richard – Senior lecture in Initial Teacher Education – UWE/ University of Exeter PhD in Education