Papers by Dave S . P . Thomas
Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Anti-racist education within the Academy holds the potential to truly reflect the cultural hybrid... more Anti-racist education within the Academy holds the potential to truly reflect the cultural hybridity of our diverse, multi-cultural society through the canons of knowledge that educators celebrate, proffer and embody. The centrality of Whiteness as an instrument of power and privilege ensures that particular types of knowledge continue to remain omitted from our curriculums. The monopoly and proliferation of dominant White European canons does comprise much of our existing curriculum; consequently, this does impact on aspects of engagement, inclusivity and belonging particularly for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) learners. This paper explores the impact of a dominant Eurocentric curriculum and the Decolonising the Curriculum agenda within higher education and its influence upon navigating factors such as BAME attainment, engagement and belonging within the Academy. This paper draws on a Critical Race Theory (CRT) theoretical framework to centralize the marginalized voices of fifteen BAME students and three academics of colour regarding this phenomena. Aspects examined consider the impact of a narrow and restrictive curriculum on BAME students and staff and how the omission of diverse histories and multi-cultural knowledge canons facilitates marginalization and discriminatory cultures.
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Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, 2020
A university education and subsequent qualification may enable graduates to achieve symbolic cap... more A university education and subsequent qualification may enable graduates to achieve symbolic capital – interspersed with social and cultural capital. It is shown that some graduates have the potential to achieve social mobility and increased employment prospects. It is also shown that year on year, students of color are entering the UK higher education (HE) en masse – at a higher rate than any other group. Why is it then that universities are becoming hostile spaces for people of color? How does this compromise their sense of belonging? What are some of the issues that people of color face in achieving a sense of belonging in the academe? How can this be overcome?
This article offers answers to these questions and argues that rather than an isolated incident, the prologue is best understood as an example of the predictable iterations of microaggression, inequality and normative Whiteness that undergirds the UK HE.
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Papers by Dave S . P . Thomas
This article offers answers to these questions and argues that rather than an isolated incident, the prologue is best understood as an example of the predictable iterations of microaggression, inequality and normative Whiteness that undergirds the UK HE.
This article offers answers to these questions and argues that rather than an isolated incident, the prologue is best understood as an example of the predictable iterations of microaggression, inequality and normative Whiteness that undergirds the UK HE.