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Case: Dealing with Teenagers and Race
I am a teacher who has a lot of interaction with students both in the classroom and in various extra curricular activities after school. I very must dislike how many students of all races speak about race sometimes, but I also sometimes wonder if my view of what they are talking about is different from how their generation is dealing with race. Students will make light of their own race and sometimes bring up racial stereotypes in a tongue in cheek way usually talking about one of their closest friends. As a white male teacher, I sometimes am not sure how to handle some of these situations, especially when it comes from students of other races about their own race. I realize that an overreaction on my part in some cases may make the student who is being targeted feel safe, but at other times may bring extra attention to the situation and cause embarrassment to the student.
My question mainly is focused on how the current generation of teenagers view race and how are they handling racial differences? How do we navigate what may be offensive to my generation while understanding what is not offensive to the current generation?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
In this situation, I would let the student's know that there are acceptable and unacceptable forms of communication and that they need to learn the boundaries in which certain interactions are okay or not. Using a controversial racial slur, even towards a friend is not the type of behavior that students should openly engage in while at school. Ultimately, we want our students to be successful in life once they have left the friendly confines of school. Knowing what can be said in public and what is best spoken in closed settings between close friends is an important lesson. If it was offensive to your generation, it is still offensive to some people in society. |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: If I were in this situation, I would do this. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 2:01 am |
| Rated By: eMaGeB |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
No
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| Comments: I do not think this would be effective. |
| Rated On: March 6, 2016 9:13 pm |
| Rated By: ReTepy |
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