“Like a Black Island in a White Sea” : Black Teachers in Germany: Their Experiences with Discrimination and Racism and Their Strategies to Cope with Them
This paper explores the experiences of discrimination and racism that Black teachers in Germany face. Moreover, this work sheds light on the strategies those teachers can engage in, in order to navigate through a pre-dominantly white school system. Thereby Critical Race Theory (CRT) offered a theore...
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ftunivmalmoe:oai:DiVA.org:mau-52300 2023-05-15T18:43:51+02:00 “Like a Black Island in a White Sea” : Black Teachers in Germany: Their Experiences with Discrimination and Racism and Their Strategies to Cope with Them Marquardt, Leonie 2022 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-52300 eng eng Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS) http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-52300 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess racism discrimination teacher experiences critical race theory intersectionality Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2022 ftunivmalmoe 2022-06-08T22:26:38Z This paper explores the experiences of discrimination and racism that Black teachers in Germany face. Moreover, this work sheds light on the strategies those teachers can engage in, in order to navigate through a pre-dominantly white school system. Thereby Critical Race Theory (CRT) offered a theoretical framework for the analysis of four problem-centered interviews with Black educators, which were then analysed with the qualitative content analyse. Findings from the study illuminate that Black people in the educational system in Germany face experiences of discrimination and racism throughout their schooling, from their studies to their own work as teachers. Additionally, the findings showed that the teacher developed multiple strategies in order to negotiate the institutional structures at predominantly white institution. This study adds to the field by centring the voices of Black people. Bachelor Thesis White Sea Black Island Malmö University Publications Black Island ENVELOPE(-54.981,-54.981,49.533,49.533) White Sea |
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This paper explores the experiences of discrimination and racism that Black teachers in Germany face. Moreover, this work sheds light on the strategies those teachers can engage in, in order to navigate through a pre-dominantly white school system. Thereby Critical Race Theory (CRT) offered a theoretical framework for the analysis of four problem-centered interviews with Black educators, which were then analysed with the qualitative content analyse. Findings from the study illuminate that Black people in the educational system in Germany face experiences of discrimination and racism throughout their schooling, from their studies to their own work as teachers. Additionally, the findings showed that the teacher developed multiple strategies in order to negotiate the institutional structures at predominantly white institution. This study adds to the field by centring the voices of Black people. |
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“Like a Black Island in a White Sea” : Black Teachers in Germany: Their Experiences with Discrimination and Racism and Their Strategies to Cope with Them |
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“Like a Black Island in a White Sea” : Black Teachers in Germany: Their Experiences with Discrimination and Racism and Their Strategies to Cope with Them |
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