Slides Framework
Section 3

What is Equity-Mindedness?

A mindset that enables racial equity

  • overview

    A greater understanding of equity-mindedness, equity-minded practice, and practices that—through their lack of equity-mindedness—impede racial equity.

    learning outcome

    This section defines equity-mindedness while also providing a direct contrast to practices that lack equity-mindedness.

  • Mind
Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

Equity-mindedness is a way of thinking that enables racial equity.

Three components of equity-mindedness include...

  • Race-consciousness

    Assuming responsibility for the elimination of inequality

    Being data-oriented

  • Mind
Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

Equity-Mindedness is demonstrated when practitioners…

  • Are race-conscious and…

Mind 1
Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

Race-consciousness

  • Mind 1
    • Are race-conscious and…

      • Notice, name, and question patterns of inequitable outcomes among students from minoritized racial/ethnic groups.

      • Contextualize inequitable outcomes in light of historical exclusion, discrimination, and educational apartheid.

Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

A mindset that enables racial equity as...

  • Assuming responsibility for the elimination of inequality

Mind 2
Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

Assuming responsibility for the elimination of inequality

  • Mind 2
    • Assume responsibility for the elimination of inequality and…

      • View inequities in student achievement, not as unfortunate and expected, but as the product of taken-for-granted practices and policies, inadequate knowledge, a lack of cultural know-how, and the absence of institutional support.

      • Challenge and re-orient conversations that solely blame students from minoritized racial/ethnic groups for their lack of success (a deficit-minded approach). This includes addressing explanations that rely on racial stereotypes or biases to justify or disregard inequitable outcomes.

Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

A mindset that enables racial equity as...

  • Being data-oriented

Mind 3
Section 3: What is Equity-Mindedness?

Being data-oriented

  • Mind 3
    • Are data-oriented and…

      • Regularly collect and review data disaggregated by race/ethnicity to identify day-to-day policies and practices that are producing racialized outcomes.

      • Conduct race-conscious classroom inquiry (like observations and syllabi reviews) to identify opportunities to better support racial equity.

Section 3

Learning Summary

What did we learn in this section?

section takeaways
  • 1.

    Equity-minded practitioners are willing to take responsibility for the success of students from minoritized racial/ethnic groups and critically assess their own beliefs and practices

  • 2.

    Claiming not to ‘see race’, denying students’ racialized experiences, and saying that classrooms have no racial salience are actions that demonstrate a lack of equity-minded competence and undermine goals towards racial/ethnic equity.