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Publication Date: 2021-Jun
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Racial Equity Policy That Moves Implicit Bias beyond a Metaphor for Individual Prejudice to a Means of Exposing Structural Oppression
Johnson, Detra D.; Bornstein, Joshua
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, v24 n2 p81-95 Jun 2021
This case study follows a district racial equity initiative from policy formulation through implementation, and finally to the review of a high school discipline measure. The initiative had a consistent theme of addressing implicit bias. However, over time, district equity champions expanded the definition of implicit bias beyond its conventional meaning of subconscious prejudices and perceptions that may influence action. These champions came to identify policies, practices, and curriculum that presumed and privileged underlying White norms, and were thus implicitly biased. Hence, implicit bias became evident in powerful structural racism across the school system.
Descriptors: Equal Education, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Power Structure, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Discipline Policy, High Schools, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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