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ERIC Number: EJ1366265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2379-3406
EISSN: EISSN-2379-3414
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A Reboot of Derrick Bell's 'The Space Traders': Using Racial Hypos to Teach White Pre-Service Teachers about Race and Racism
Cann, Colette N.
Whiteness and Education, v1 n2 p94-108 2016
This article imagines what it might look like for White people to commit to racial justice in the U.S. as if their very lives depended on its success. Inspired by the venerable storytelling of Derrick Bell, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, W. E. B. Du Bois and Adrien Wing, as well as the tradition of science fiction in Black Diasporan writing, the author revisits Bell's well-known 'The Space Traders' counterstory. This 'reboot' forecasts the arrival of Space Traders who target White people who choose not to do the work of reckoning with whiteness and the legacy of white supremacy. The story serves as a 'racial hypo' or allegory to challenge White pre-service teachers, specifically, to consider what they need to do to betray white supremacy.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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