More work is needed: wrestling with Whiteness in education

Abstract

I use racial storytelling to tell and interpret two stories that offer insight about why I feel the need to continue studying whiteness. I frame this writing through a second-wave of critical whiteness studies, and return to my experiences as a white person to consider my ongoing work to teach, study, and write about whiteness and white supremacy in education.

Keywords:

• Whiteness
• narrative
• critical Whiteness pedagogy
• critical Whiteness studies

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

1 All names of schools and students have been disguised with pseudonyms.

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Notes on contributors

Samuel Jaye Tanner

Sam Tanner is an associate professor of literacy education in the Penn State system. His research concerns whiteness, improvisation, and democratic education. Sam is a creative writer as well. His work can be found at www.samjtanner.com