Nice White Teacher: How Niceness and Whiteness Prevent Antiracist Pedagogy in the Classroom

Abstract

even though our official study ended, I still like that we meet and talk and enjoy hearing how you are building your communities in the circles of influence. I am happy to know all of you and that I can call you all friends.Lastly, thank you to my loveable dog, Ben, for your patience, for taking fewer walks this past year, and for standing guard at the office door to save me from all those rustling leaves. Thank you to my cats, Sadie and Zatara, for demanding I take breaks by sitting on me or my computer until the proper number of pets was given. I may not have human children, but you three are the closest I have to babies, and I love you very much.Thank you to every teacher, student, colleague, peer, and friend that came alongside me on this doctoral journey.To future readers and postgraduate students, I wish you all the best, and I promise that while this doctoral journey may be all-consuming and lonely, it is doable. I also recommend finding your people and your community. They will keep you grounded and help you cross the finish line. Plus, you make many meaningful friendships that bring light and joy to your life and will stay with you long after finishing the work.