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Emily Lewis #13
 Chapter 4: Understanding American Indian Children &
Adolescents

Question: 3. If you were to be evaluated as an educator

in a system that had 50 percent American Indians and 50
percent European Americans, which particular culture
would you prefer being your evaluator? Why? Don’t
hesitate to be honest.
 To answer my question
there are a few topics that
come into consideration...
Cultural Barriers
European Americans make up most of the teaching population. As
we all know, our students have many cultures.

Unfortunately, the cultural barrier may be too difficult for some

teachers. They might not be able to make a connection with the
diverse students and might lead to those students getting left
behind.
 Sadly, one big disadvantage for
Curriculum our diverse students is our
curriculum.

Many of our classes focus on

“White History”. Our students feel
left out and unimportant.

“BY IMPROVING EQUITY IN

SCHOOLS, BY BECOMING TRULY
INCLUSIVE LEARNING
COMMUNITIES WITH AN EFFECTIVE
ANTI-RACIST CURRICULUM, WE
IMPROVE BOTH INDIVIDUAL LIVES
AND EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN
SOCIETY.” - Afrika Afeni Mills
White Privilege
Another issue that may surface can be white privilege.

White privilege (or white skin privilege) is the societal privilege that
benefits white people over non-white people in some societies,
particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or
economic circumstances.
My Answer
To be completely transparent, I
would NOT want my evaluator to
be European American. I believe
it would be more difficult for a
European American to identify if a
teacher is truly being inclusive with
all the cultures in their classroom.
An American Indian might be
able to give you ideas and help
have a culturally diverse
classroom.
Sources
● https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf

● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege

● https://educationpost.org/heres-what-i-wish-white-teachers-knew-when-teaching-my-black-children/