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Feeling the Threat of Race in Education: Exploring the Cultural Politics of Emotions in CRT-Ban Political Discourses

Authors :
Rican Vue
Katrya Txay Ly
Tori Porter
Ariana Aparicio Aguilar
Source :
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 2024 46(2):222-248.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Recent attacks on critical race theory (CRT) aim to limit discussion and understanding of race (and its intersection with class, gender, and power). Racial dialogues can be uncomfortable for those who benefit from power, suggesting that resistance to CRT or any discussion of race and power in education is rooted in emotions. This study examines the role of racialized emotions in public policy discourse that surrounds CRT bans in education that have been proposed, and in many cases, passed across the United States. Focusing on four early-adopting states of the bans, the findings reveal how emotionalities of whiteness are tacitly endorsed, invited, and animated within racialized politics, as well as how these emotionalities might be disrupted.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0162-3737 and 1935-1062
Volume :
46
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1422230
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737231221155