This Monday (20th November) we met at the Institute of Education to discuss the book Being White, Being Good, with the author, Barbara Applebaum. She very kindly joined us via Google Hangouts (from Syracruse, where it was 7.30am) and spoke to us about her reasons for writing the book in the first place, the various reactions to it, and where her research is now. After her talk, she very kindly answered questions from the group – and it was (despite the slightly temperamental online connection) a fantastic opportunity for us to explore the questions and thoughts that have been prompted by reading BWBG.
Among the topics of discussion, we looked at: the extent to which the book itself is – through its primarily white references – an instance of white centrism; how her pedagogical theory plays out in a classroom context; whether it's important to look to non-eurocentric models of moral responsibility in order to discuss these issues; and the degree to which her involvement with these issues differed in philosophy (as a discipline) as opposed to education (as a discipline).
We had a good turn out in the room (12 people) and 6–7 people online.
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