jt billings. uft professor and chair traditional chief in ghana sociologist inclusion racism,...

GEORGE DEIJT Billings

George Dei

UFT Professor and chair Traditional chief in Ghana Sociologist

Inclusion Racism, ableism, sexism etc.

1996 and 2000 Asokore-Koforidua, Ghana Undergrad from University of Ghana Master at McMaster

George Dei Cont.

PhD from University of Toronto Received numerous awards Published many books

Sociology

Development, structure, and functioning of human society

Specific groups Minorities

Race Able Sexual orientation

-isms affect them How to remove –isms

Contributions

Effect -isms has on all minorities Integrative Anti-Racism Theory

Education offered with knowledge of other races

Start of solution Idea needs to be tested

Key Questions

Start: Why are so many minorities dropping out and

leaving high school? Older

How do we ensure that social institutions and settings respond to the needs and concerns of a diverse body politic?

How do we ensure that excellence is not simply accessible but also equitable?

Key Questions Cont.

Old cont. How do we ensure that all member of out

communities develop a sense of entitlement and belongings to their spaces?

How do we move beyond the bland talk of ‘inclusion’ to a radical politics of social accountability and transparency?

How do we ensure that what is theoretical does not stand in opposition to what is pragmatic?

Key Questions Cont.

New Within the academy we need to ask about the

possibilities, in this historical juncture, of every learner escaping racist, sexist, classist, hetero-patriarchal ideologies?

How do we challenge the fact that most of our students appear set in their knowledge and thinking because of school curriculum?

How do we examine the ways that racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism are travelling today

Key Questions Cont.

New Cont. How can we bring race and difference back

into the center of discourse and challenge the politics of dis-embodying subjects?

How do we challenge the propensity of the western academy to celebrate diversity and yet not respond concretely to difference?

Importance

-isms can disappear Starting point of racial acceptance Understanding of other Races.

Questions

Do you think this method will be successful?

How would you go about solving this problem if you could?

How should we go about saying that what people think is wrong?