To Create Safer Spaces for Students, Teachers of Color Must Reckon With Our Settler Identity
ED Surge
JANUARY 11, 2023
As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry. I sheepishly expressed gratitude while struggling with such praise.
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