Exploring Race Racism and Unconscious Bias in Schools

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Tracey A. Benson is an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a former public school teacher, middle school assistant principal, and high school principal. </span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Highlights</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Journey on a racial awakening with Tracey</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Addressing the color of punishment in the continuum of learning </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to have a color rich school with concrete solutions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Investigate your own behavior and coded language to shape racially literate young people</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How leaders can put out fires of unconscious bias?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tracey’s equitable solutions to improving academic achievement for students of color</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn to track patterns and blind spots of racial disparity and ingested bias</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was subconsciously teaching them that they have privilege and that they were above the rules. They would get upset because they had privilege and when someone has privilege, equity feels like oppression.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- <em><strong>Dr. Tracey Benson</strong></em></span></p> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full Transcript</span></h2> <p><a href= "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UWAzaYn0QBek6a-cDayP2cg8Cl-suH-t-Xjt53xEPZ0/edit?usp=sharing"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">246: Dr. Tracey Benson Transcript</span></a></p> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Tracey Benson’s Resources & Contact Info:</span></h2> <