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The Myth of National Identity in Citizenship Education: A Critical Race Perspective

The Myth of National Identity in Citizenship Education: A Critical Race Perspective. Charlotte Chadderton. Using Critical Race Theory. -CRT recognises that racism is endemic in society (Tate, 1997:234).

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The Myth of National Identity in Citizenship Education: A Critical Race Perspective

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  1. The Myth of National Identity in Citizenship Education: A Critical Race Perspective Charlotte Chadderton

  2. Using Critical Race Theory • -CRT recognises that racism is endemic in society (Tate, 1997:234). • -Racism is viewed as embedded in the structure of society and dictates how laws and policies are made and implemented, and cannot be seen as just individual acts. • - the task of CRT is to identify everyday, racist practices which impact negatively on non-white people and ensure the continued supremacy of white people. These practices are mainly ‘invisible’. White racism is thus regarded as “normal, not aberrant, in society” (Delgado, 1995, p.xiv, in Ladson-Billings, 1998:10). • -Importantly, CRT insists on analysing practices in their historical and social context and relating them past and present racial structures, in order to reveal those ‘invisible’, everyday practices

  3. T Very, very difficult, isn’t it. She’s trying to come to terms with being both Muslim and living in this country. What sort of expectations did her father have of her? • G1 High • G2 Muslim • T Yeah, wants her to stick to Muslim traditions • G3 Marry a man he chose • G4 He doesn’t approve of the car she’s got • T Yeah, when she talks about it not being a TP car, a typical Paki car, in other words, it’s not a great, big van that’s got room for loads and loads of people in it. Muslims are labelled as having big families. She’s trying to not be Pakistani, isn’t she? It’s very hard because her father has expectations of her. She’s been made to marry that guy who she has nothing in common with whatsoever. Now as that goes on she obviously fancies that other bloke…but she can’t have a drink, cos you’re not allowed to have a drink, she’s not supposed to be smoking a cigarette, but she does…Now I just wanted to show that to get you to think about the difficulties that people have when they’ve got completely different cultures conflicting on their lives.

  4. T Now, Angola, capital Luanda, not Rwanda, that’s another country in Africa. You’ve probably heard that name on the news, as some of these places can be pretty lawless at times. That means there are people behaving above and beyond the law as if the law doesn’t matter to them. • C2 Conflict, • T Conflict. And how many at risk of starvation? • C3 2 million • T 2 million. Again you’ve got people passing over borders from one country to another because they are at risk and their lives are threatened in those 2 countries. • T Next Ethiopia. How many at risk of starvation? • C4 14 million. • T That’s a huge amount. What are the causes? • C5 drought • T drought again. Lack of rainfall. • T Now the Gambia, I don’t know if anyone knows anyone who’s been, it does have a tourist industry…But people do some pretty horrific things there. These are countries which keep changing their governments

  5. T So what are you gonna do with your life? • Ben (white) Go on the dole • Lewis (African Caribbean) Play for Chelsea • Tam (black Nigerian Muslim) Be a suicide bomber, a terrorist • T I don’t think that’s an appropriate comment for someone like you, do you? Whatever you do with your life, you’ll need qualifications • Tam From high school, I’ll join Al Quaida • T I’ll ignore that

  6. T Stephen has asked a good question: Why should somebody be able to sue you if you are making a lot of noise in your own home which is your property? • Stephen: But you’re doing what you want in your own home? • T Isn’t that civilization taken to its zenith! You haven’t a clue, have you? Your way is the way that wars start. This is the way that civilized society deals with it. I rang the local city council, and they have a department to deal with noise, and they sent a guy out with a machine to measure the noise and Liverpool City Council prosecuted this other neighbour for making noise which was unreasonable. And that’s the way to do it in civilized society. That it is the way….people…deal with each other. Not your way! • S What do you mean, my way? How is it my way? • T Your way is the way wars start. • S why is it? Distressed, offended, raises voice • T That’s enough!

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