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George Dei

George Dei. JT Billings. George Dei. UFT Professor and chair Traditional chief in Ghana Sociologist Inclusion Racism, ableism, sexism etc . 1996 and 2000 Asokore-Koforidua , Ghana Undergrad from University of Ghana Master at McMaster . George Dei Cont.

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George Dei

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  1. George Dei JT Billings

  2. George Dei • UFT Professor and chair • Traditional chief in Ghana • Sociologist • Inclusion • Racism, ableism, sexism etc. • 1996 and 2000 • Asokore-Koforidua, Ghana • Undergrad from University of Ghana • Master at McMaster

  3. George Dei Cont. • PhD from University of Toronto • Received numerous awards • Published many books

  4. Sociology • Development, structure, and functioning of human society • Specific groups • Minorities • Race • Able • Sexual orientation • -isms affect them • How to remove –isms

  5. Contributions • Effect -isms has on all minorities • Integrative Anti-Racism Theory • Education offered with knowledge of other races • Start of solution • Idea needs to be tested

  6. Key Questions • Start: • Why are so many minorities dropping out and leaving high school? • Older • How do we ensure that social institutions and settings respond to the needs and concerns of a diverse body politic? • How do we ensure that excellence is not simply accessible but also equitable?

  7. Key Questions Cont. • Old cont. • How do we ensure that all member of out communities develop a sense of entitlement and belongings to their spaces? • How do we move beyond the bland talk of ‘inclusion’ to a radical politics of social accountability and transparency? • How do we ensure that what is theoretical does not stand in opposition to what is pragmatic?

  8. Key Questions Cont. • New • Within the academy we need to ask about the possibilities, in this historical juncture, of every learner escaping racist, sexist, classist, hetero-patriarchal ideologies? • How do we challenge the fact that most of our students appear set in their knowledge and thinking because of school curriculum? • How do we examine the ways that racism, sexism, homophobia, ableismare travelling today

  9. Key Questions Cont. • New Cont. • How can we bring race and difference back into the center of discourse and challenge the politics of dis-embodying subjects? • How do we challenge the propensity of the western academy to celebrate diversity and yet not respond concretely to difference?

  10. Importance • -isms can disappear • Starting point of racial acceptance • Understanding of other Races.

  11. Questions • Do you think this method will be successful? • How would you go about solving this problem if you could? • How should we go about saying that what people think is wrong?

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