Racial Identity Theory and Peace Education: Tools for the Teacher In All of Us |
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| Authors: | Chalmer E Thompson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University, W.W. Wright Education Building, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405-1006, U.S.A., EMAIL |
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| Abstract: | As people develop a meaningful understanding of racism, they also experience shifts in their appraisals of self and others as members of an unfairly stratified society. Consistent with the premises of Helms' (1995) racial identity theory, these shifts can be explained as transformational processes that have relevance to matters of morality and peace advancement. Individuals who operate at advanced levels of racial identity development overcome the confinements inherent in a racism Zeitgeist and in so doing, learn to accept themselves and others more authentically. This theory can prove crucial to peace promotion in children because it espouses to nurture the integration of self within the broader spectrum of humanity. Educators who transform their selves can also transform their educational practices by disrupting cycles of socialization that adversely influence children's identity formation. They can also contribute to the creation of new structures of socialization. In this paper, I describe this theory and how it applies to peace education. |
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| Keywords: | racial identity theory racial socialization multicultural education peace education moral education critical pedagogy racism oppression social stratification identity development |
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