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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?