Published Online in: Educational Researcher April 14, 2020
Jordan G. Starck,听Princeton University Travis Riddle,听Princeton University Stacey Sinclair,听Princeton University Natasha Warikoo,听Tufts University
Schools are heralded by some as unique sites for promoting racial equity. Central to this characterization is the presumption听that teachers embrace racial equity and teaching about this topic. In contrast, others have documented the ongoing role听of teachers in perpetuating racial inequality in schools. In this article, we employ data from two national data sets to听investigate teachers鈥� explicit and implicit racial bias, comparing them to adults with similar characteristics. We find that both听teachers and nonteachers hold pro-White explicit and implicit racial biases. Furthermore, differences between teachers and听nonteachers were negligible or insignificant. The findings suggest that if schools are to effectively promote racial equity,听teachers should be provided with training to either shift or mitigate the effects of their own racial biases.
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