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GEORGE DEI JT Billings
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George Dei. JT Billings. George Dei. UFT Professor and chair Traditional chief in Ghana Sociologist Inclusion Racism, ableism, sexism etc . 1996 and 2000 Asokore-Koforidua , Ghana Undergrad from University of Ghana Master at McMaster . George Dei Cont. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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GEORGE DEIJT Billings
George Dei UFT Professor and chair Traditional chief in Ghana Sociologist
Inclusion Racism, ableism, sexism etc.
1996 and 2000 Asokore-Koforidua, Ghana Undergrad from University of Ghana Master at McMaster
George Dei Cont. PhD from University of Toronto Received numerous awards Published many books
Sociology Development, structure, and functioning
of human society Specific groups Minorities
Race Able Sexual orientation
-isms affect them How to remove –isms
Contributions Effect -isms has on all minorities Integrative Anti-Racism Theory
Education offered with knowledge of other races
Start of solution Idea needs to be tested
Key Questions Start:
Why are so many minorities dropping out and leaving high school?
Older How do we ensure that social institutions and
settings respond to the needs and concerns of a diverse body politic?
How do we ensure that excellence is not simply accessible but also equitable?
Key Questions Cont. Old cont.
How do we ensure that all member of out communities develop a sense of entitlement and belongings to their spaces?
How do we move beyond the bland talk of ‘inclusion’ to a radical politics of social accountability and transparency?
How do we ensure that what is theoretical does not stand in opposition to what is pragmatic?
Key Questions Cont. New
Within the academy we need to ask about the possibilities, in this historical juncture, of every learner escaping racist, sexist, classist, hetero-patriarchal ideologies?
How do we challenge the fact that most of our students appear set in their knowledge and thinking because of school curriculum?
How do we examine the ways that racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism are travelling today
Key Questions Cont. New Cont.
How can we bring race and difference back into the center of discourse and challenge the politics of dis-embodying subjects?
How do we challenge the propensity of the western academy to celebrate diversity and yet not respond concretely to difference?
Importance -isms can disappear Starting point of racial acceptance Understanding of other Races.
Questions Do you think this method will be
successful? How would you go about solving this
problem if you could? How should we go about saying that what
people think is wrong?
