MORAL OUTRAGE IS NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM

The Reading Instruction Show by Dr. Andy Johnson

Episode notes

Yes, moral outrage over systemic racism is a wonderful thing. It is good that people are outraged (again) at the abuse and the murders at the hands of a police system that was originally designed to protect us. It is good as well that there is moral outrage over the continued disparities, the implicit bias, and the educational, political, social, and economic restrictions that advantage those in power (white privilege) while restricting and disadvantaging people of color. There should be outrage. We would lack humanity if we were not outraged. But how many times have we been outraged over the last 20, 30, 50, 400 years? Hell, how many times have we been morally outraged in the last year?

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racismracism in special educationsystemic racismracism in education