This article makes a "case for antiracist online education." In particular, "Online learning remains an uncharted and underutilized discursive space for addressing anti-blackness and engaging in antiracist praxis." The authors use critical Black theory, or "BlackCrit", as "a 'metatheory,' used to explicate the hidden whitened discursive context that undergirds and drives most theories, even theories that consider themselves to be 'critical'." As well, "BlackCrit also speaks to the ways that blackness signifies a being and deep embodied knowing" (which could perhaps be compared to indigenous ways of knowing that I've seen discussed in other contexts? In any case, "Antiracist education accepts the presence of bias and stereotypes but requires employing diligent and consistent investigation into the source of racism and how racist ideas manifest structurally, culturally, politically, and interpersonally." Which sounds eminently reasonable to me.
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