The Danger of Anti-Black Teachers with Dr. Alicia Montgomery

Black History Year

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Anti-Blackness is all around us -- at the workplace, the local grocery store we may frequent, and for Black students, even in their classrooms. Today, we’re sitting down with Dr. Alicia Montgomery, executive director at the Center for Powerful Public Schools, as she breaks down the ways our children are indoctrinated into anti-Blackness, and the methods necessary to address and prevent it.

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1:04.2	180 days. Seven hours. One student. On average, our children spend 1,200
1:16.0	and 60 hours in school. In those hours, we entrust teachers to care for our kids,
1:23.7	to nurture their mind and identity, to address their needs and safety.
1:29.7	We entrust teachers to prepare them for the road ahead and teach some of the lessons necessary
1:35.7	to craft a bright future. So what happens to our kids when their teacher fails? What happens
1:43.4	when educators instead give our kids a lesson in hating themselves? I'm Jay from Push Black.
1:52.2	And you're listening to Black History Year. So for better or worse, teachers play a significant
1:59.8	role in the lives of Black children. And it's a terrifying reality that schools are a place where
2:06.0	they learn anti-blackness. The impact is traumatic and lethal. A fact today's guest knows all too well.
2:16.1	Dr. Alicia Montgomery is the Executive Director at the Center for Powerful Public Schools.
2:22.0	An organization whose mission is to build the capacity of educators and prepare students for
2:28.2	college career and most importantly, life. With the commitment to addressing racism in classrooms,
2:36.1	Dr. Montgomery understands the hurdles our kids especially face. And she's here today to
2:43.5	illuminate how Black students are indoctrinated into anti-blackness. But first, we'll hear the story
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