Teaching White Students about Racism: The Search for White Allies and the Restoration of Hope.

Tatum, Beverly Daniel

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ERIC Number: EJ490199

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Publication Date: 1994

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Teaching White Students about Racism: The Search for White Allies and the Restoration of Hope.

Tatum, Beverly Daniel

Teachers College Record, v95 n4 p462-76 Sum 1994

White students can learn about racism without experiencing guilt that can overpower their desire to learn. Janet Helm's model of white racial identity is used as a framework for helping students abandon racism and define a positive white identity. (SM)

Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Guilt, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Role Models, Student Attitudes, White Students

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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