As part of our journey of antiracist teacher preparation it is crucial to explor
As part of our journey of antiracist teacher preparation it is crucial to explore how it is that we have come to see the world as we do. Without lifting up our beliefs for examination, we are prone to making uncritical assumptions about others, or taking for granted the way we have been told things are. This assignment provides the opportunity to look at your life experiences, so that we may start examining our beliefs in order to consciously hold on to some, while deciding to let go of others.
Please write a 3-4-page racial/ethnic autobiography. Reflect on your life in 5-year segments, (you can think about it in terms of schooling: before school, elementary, middle, high, college…) in which you look at the major influences and experiences that shape your understandings and beliefs about race, diversity and difference. You need to refer to the stages discussed in the Daniel Tatum reading. Please address the following prompts, and add other relevant pieces of information.
What was the first time you recall realizing that the world was not just like you/ When was the first time you remember being conscious of race?
Describe the racial and ethnic composition of your schools, neighborhoods, and family?
What were your family attitudes about your own race/ethnicity and the race/ ethnicity of others?
How did family, friends, movies, or books influence your feelings about race?
Include incidents that happened to you personally as well as historic events or experiences that made you aware of your own racial prejudice or of prejudice of the country.
Reflect on activities you may have been involved in throughout your life that may have supported or worked against racism.
You must conclude by discussing where you see yourself now in terms of your perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors regarding race, racism and your own racial identity.
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