What Do We Do with the White [Cis] Women?: Juliet Takes a Breath as the Blueprint for Reimagining Allyship in Literacy Instruction

@mochamomma. “Here you are, asking us about any of the people of color in this country who voted for that monster instead of asking WHY YOUR SISTERS DID. The ones you ignored. You want solutions before you even do the work of understanding your whiteness. The way you weaponize it.” Twitter, 21 Nov. 2020, 5:13 p.m., https://twitter.com/mochamomma/status/1330288258216062982.

Accapadi, Mamta Motwani. “When White Women Cry: How White Women's Tears Oppress Women of Color.” College of Student Affairs Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 208-15.

Anzaldúa, Gloria. Borderlands: The New Mestiza = La Frontera. 4th ed., Aunt Lute Books, 2012.

Aronson, Brittany, and Judson Laughter. “The Theory and Practice of Culturally Relevant Education: A Synthesis of Research Across Content Areas.” Review of Educational Research, vol. 86, no. 1, 2016, pp. 163–206.

Bach, Jacqueline, et al. “Young Adult Literature and Professional Development.” Theory Into Practice, vol. 50, no. 3, 2011, pp. 198-205.

Bishop, Rudine Sims. “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors.” Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom, vol. 6, no. 3, 1990, pp. ix-xi.

Blankenship-Knox, Ann E. “White, Queer and Female: Using Intersectionality as a Tool for Teaching Social Justice in the Deep South.” Whiteness and Education, vol. 2, no. 1, 2017, pp. 60–75.

Byrd, Christy. “Does Culturally Relevant Teaching Work? An Examination From Student Perspectives.” Sage Open, vol. 6, no. 3, 2016, pp. 1-10.

CNN. “National Results 2020 President Exit Polls.” CNN Politics, Nov. 2020, cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results.

Combahee River Collective. 1995. “A Black Feminist Statement.” Words of Fire: An Anthology of African American Feminist Thought, edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, New Press, 1995, pp. 232–240.

Crenshaw, Kimberlé. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics.” University of Chicago Legal Forum, vol. 1989, no. 1, pp. 139-67.

de Brey, Cristobal, et al. “Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2018.” National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 2019.

Desmond-Harris, Jenée. “To Understand the Women’s March on Washington, You Need to Understand Intersectional Feminism.” Vox, 17 Jan. 2017, https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/17/14267766/womens-march-on-washingtoninauguration-trump-feminism-intersectionaltiy-race-class.

DiAngelo, Robin. “White Fragility.” International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, vol. 3, no. 3, 2011, pp. 54–70.

Ebarvia, Tricia, et al. “#DisruptTexts: An Introduction.” English Journal, vol. 110, no. 1, 2020, pp. 100–02.

Fay, Laura. “74 Interview: Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers in Trump’s America & Lessons From Her Two Decades in Education Research.” The 74, 7 Aug. 2019, the74million.org/article/74-interview-researcher-gloria-ladson-billings-on-culturally-rele Vant-teaching-the-role-of-teachers-in-trumps-america-lessons-from-her-two-decades-in-e ducation-research/.

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Penguin Education, 1972.

Gay, Geneva. “Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching.” Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2002, pp. 106-16.

Glenn, Wendy J. “Developing Understandings of Race: Preservice Teachers' Counter-Narrative (Re)Constructions of People of Color in Young Adult Literature.” English Education, vol. 44, no. 4, 2012, pp. 326–53.

Gray, John, and Melanie Cooke. “Intersectionality, Language, and Queer Lives.” Gender and Language, vol. 12, no. 4, 2018, pp. 401-15.

Hammond, Zaretta. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Thousand Oaks, 2015.

Helms, Janet. Black and White Racial Identity: Theory, Research, and Practice. Greenwood Press, 1990.

hooks, bell. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. South End Press, 2000.

Horowitz, Juliana Menasce, and Ruth Igielnik. “A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality.” Pew Research Center, 7 July 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/07/07/a-centuryafter-women-gained-the-right-to-vote-majority-of-americans-see-work-to-do-on-genderequality/.

Howard, Tyrone C. “Telling Their Side of the Story: African-American Students’ Perceptions of Culturally Relevant Teaching.” The Urban Review, vol. 33, no. 2, 2001, pp. 131–49.

Irwin, Véronique, et al. Characteristics of Public School Teachers. National Center for Education Statistics, 2021, pp. 1–7.

Jiménez, Laura. “#KidLitWomen: An Open Letter to Well-Meaning White Women.” Booktoss, 30 Mar. 2018, booktoss.org/2018/03/30/kidlitwomen-an-open-letter-to-well-meaningwhite-women/.

Kendall, Mikki. Hood Feminism. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2021.

Ladson-Billings, Gloria. “But That's Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.” Theory into Practice, vol. 34, no. 3, 1995, pp. 159–65.

Lavoie, Alaina. “Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices.” We Need Diverse Books, 6 June 2021, diversebooks.org/why-we-need-diverse-books-is-nolonger-using-the-term-ownvoices/.

Lawrence, Sandra, and Beverly Tatum. “White Racial Identity and Anti-racist Education: A Catalyst for Change.” Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Antiracist, Multicultural Education, and Staff Development, edited by Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, and Margo Okazawa-Rey, Teaching for Change, 1998, pp. 217-29.

Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. 1989. Crossing Press, 2007.

Love, Barbara. “Developing a Liberatory Consciousness.” Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, 4th ed., edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, D. Chase J. Catalano, Keri Dejong, Heather W. Hackman, Larissa E. Hopkins, Barbara Love, Madeline L. Peters, Davey Shlasko, and Ximena Zuniga. Routledge, 2018, pp. 610-15.

Love, Bettina. “Dear White Teachers: You Can't Love Your Black Students If You Don't Know Them.” EdWeek, 18 Mar. 2019, edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/dear-white-teachers-you-cant-love-your.html.

martin, shea. “Our Trauma Shall Be Viral No More.” All Y’all EDU, 29 Feb. 2021, allyalledu.com/pastcolumns/mgda79ql6okkke96ujzx2oe6z1r54z.

Matias, Cheryl. “Check Yo'self before You Wreck Yo'self and Our Kids: Counterstories from Culturally Responsive White Teachers?... To Culturally Responsive White Teachers!” Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 3, no. 2, 2013, pp. 68-81.

Miller, Lisa, and Victor Harris. “I Can’t Be Racist—I Teach in an Urban School, and I’m a Nice White Lady!” World Journal of Education, vol. 8, no. 3, 2018, pp. 1–11.

Miller, Henry Cody, et al. "From Pages to Pedagogy: Studying Fictional Social Justice English Teachers in Young Adult Literature." Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, vol. 2, no. 2, 2020, Article 4.

Morgan, Katherine. “About That Wave of Anti-Racist Bestsellers Over the Summer…” Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2020, lithub.com/about-that-wave-of-anti-racist-bestsellers-over-the-summer/.

Muhammad, Gholdy. Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. Scholastic Inc., 2020.

Newkirk, Pamela. Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business. PublicAffairs, 2019.

Palmer, Phyllis Marynick. “White Women/Black Women: The Dualism of Female Identity and Experience.” Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity, 2nd ed., edited by Ronald Takaki, Oxford UP, 1994, pp. 167-74.

Paris, Django, and H. Samy Alim. Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World. Teachers College Press, 2017.

Phipps, Alison. “White Tears, White Rage: Victimhood and (as) Violence in Mainstream Feminism.” European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, 2021, pp. 81-93.

Rafa, Alyssa, and Maxine Roberts. Building a Diverse Teacher Workforce. Education Commission of the States, Aug. 2020. ecs.org/wp-content/uploads/Building_a_Diverse_Teacher_Workforce.pdf

Rivera, Gabby. Juliet Takes A Breath. Penguin Group USA, 2019.

Schieble, Melissa. “Critical Conversations on Whiteness With Young Adult Literature.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 56, no. 3, 2012, pp. 212–21.

Shrewsbury, Carolyn. “What Is Feminist Pedagogy?” Women's Studies Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3/4, 1987, pp. 6-14.

Simmons, Dena. “How to Be an Antiracist Educator.” ASCD, 1 Oct. 2019, ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/oct19/vol61/num10/How-to-Be-an-A ntiracist-Educator.aspx.

Toppo, Greg. “Teacher Unions Smarting after Many Members Vote for Trump.” USA Today, 23 Nov. 2016, usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/23/election-unions-teachers-clinton-trump/94242722/.

Vesoulis, Abby. “Women First Marched to Challenge Trump. Now They Are Challenging Each Other.” Time, 19 Jan. 2020, time.com/5505787/womens-march-washington-controversy/.

Warren, Chezare A., and Stephen Hancock. White Women's Work: Examining the Intersectionality of Teaching, Identity, and Race. Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017.

Wong, Alia. “The U.S. Teaching Population Is Getting Bigger, and More Female.” The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2020, theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/the-explosion-of-women- teachers/582622/.