Mica Pollock

Mica Pollock, an anthropologist of education, studies how youth and adults struggle daily to discuss and address issues of racial difference, discrimination, and fairness in school and community settings. Her first book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School explores the question: when it is helpful, and when is it harmful, to talk about racial patterns in schools? Her new book, Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools, builds on her experience working in the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, where she investigated and addressed claims of discrimination in schools. Because of Race explores ongoing American arguments over opportunity denials experienced by students and families of color in educational settings. Pollock is also editor of a new book for educators, Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in School, and she is spearheading The Project on the Preparation of Educators for Diversity, a new national research effort examining efforts to prepare and assist teachers to serve diverse populations.

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Adopting an Anti-Racist Framework Mica Pollock asserts that teachers can and should learn to talk about their own feelings about race.
How the Concept of Race Evolved Over Time Mica Pollack discusses how the idea of race evolved over time.
Leaders' Role in Discussing Race Mica Pollock suggests that teachers and administrators be clear and explicit about the need to discuss race.
Stereotype Threat Mica Pollock discusses how teachers’ negative stereotypes of Black students predispose them to believing that those students cannot achieve at high...
Talking About Race in Professional Learning Communities Mica Pollock explains that teachers can learn to talk about their own feelings about race.