Teaching in Higher Ed

Teaching in Higher Ed


Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom

January 09, 2025

Cyndi Kernahan discusses her book Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom on episode 552 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.


Quotes from the episode

When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person?


Students begin to better understand institutionalized racism, which is my main goal for them.

-Cyndi Kernahan


When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person?

-Cyndi Kernahan


There’s a lot of psych research that shows that it’s easier for people to think about their own social privilege when they can also think about other parts of their identity that may not hold as much privilege.

-Cyndi Kernahan



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