TY - JOUR
T1 - My students think i'm Indian
T2 - The presentation of an African-American self to pre-service teachers
AU - Scott, Kimberly A.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - How individuals perceive their selves is not necessarily congruent with how society perceives the individual. Race, class, gender and sexual orientation typically affect the perceptions and the expectations of the viewing audience as well as the performance of the observed individuals. This article examines one of these sociocultural features-race-to explore its effects on the inter- and intraracial associations between teacher educators of color and their students. It draws on the author's experience as an African-American female teaching in a predominantly White undergraduate teacher education program in the USA. An analysis of how race affects the interactions takes advantage of critical race theory, along with Goffman's theory of self-presentation. This article points to the effects of raced associations on Whiteness and Blackness in the contexts of a teacher education classroom and institution. The implications for teacher education programs diversifying their faculty are addressed.
AB - How individuals perceive their selves is not necessarily congruent with how society perceives the individual. Race, class, gender and sexual orientation typically affect the perceptions and the expectations of the viewing audience as well as the performance of the observed individuals. This article examines one of these sociocultural features-race-to explore its effects on the inter- and intraracial associations between teacher educators of color and their students. It draws on the author's experience as an African-American female teaching in a predominantly White undergraduate teacher education program in the USA. An analysis of how race affects the interactions takes advantage of critical race theory, along with Goffman's theory of self-presentation. This article points to the effects of raced associations on Whiteness and Blackness in the contexts of a teacher education classroom and institution. The implications for teacher education programs diversifying their faculty are addressed.
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U2 - 10.1080/1361332032000109600
DO - 10.1080/1361332032000109600
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0142094598
SN - 1361-3324
VL - 6
SP - 211
EP - 226
JO - Race Ethnicity and Education
JF - Race Ethnicity and Education
IS - 3
ER -