Critical Community Conversations: Cultivating the Elusive Dialogue About Racism With Parents, Community Members, and Teachers

Abstract

This article highlights how two researchers started Critical Community Conversations (CCC) with a school community in an effort to learn from one another and build solidarity. The intent was for CCC to focus on some of the most pressing issues facing our nation, state, and local neighborhoods, with a special lens on racism.

Key words:

• community dialogue
• race
• racism
• social justice
• urban education
• Whiteness