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26 Chicano-Latino L. Rev. 183 (2006)
Naming Racism: A Conceptual Look at Internalized Racism in U.S. Schools

handle is hein.journals/chiclat26 and id is 187 raw text is: NAMING RACISM: A CONCEPTUAL LOOK AT INTERNALIZED RACISM IN U.S. SCHOOLS LINDSAY PEREZ HUBER, ROBIN N. JOHNSON, RITA KoHLI* ABSTRACT Internalized racism describes the conscious and unconscious acceptance of a racial hierarchy where whites are consistently ranked above People of Color. Although scholars across multi- ple disciplines have discussed this concept, the role of schools in instilling and perpetuating internalized racism within Students of Color has very rarely been examined. This paper is a concep- tual piece that utilizes a Critical Race Theory framework to ac- knowledge the racialized experiences within classroom pedagogy, curriculum, and unequal school resources. We ex- amine how these factors can negatively affect racial group-iden- tity and contribute to internalized racism for Students of Color. Because internalized racism works to sustain educational and social inequity, this paper also explores ways that schools can function to break this cycle. A former elementary school teacher in Southern California relayed a story to one of the authors in which she described an African American' male 5th grader who began to sob during one of their after school tutoring sessions. After struggling through a math problem, the student proclaimed through tears that he couldn't do the math; that it was too hard and he wasn't smart enough.2 The irony is that this student blamed himself for his ac- ademic struggles. He was not thinking about the fact that neither he or his classmates had math textbooks, that the first few weeks of school they had to strive to learn in the dark because their classrooms had no lights, or that his string of past un-creden- tialed teachers had allowed him to become two grade levels be- hind in math. We argue that the lack of resources and low * Social Sciences and Comparative Education Division, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California Los Angeles. Order of authors is random. 1. In this article we use the terms African American and Black interchangeably. 2. Interview with Erica Lee, Teacher, in L.A., Cal. (Oct. 15, 2003). (Name and location have been changed for purposes of anonymity).

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