White supremacy in U.S. school curriculum

Education scholars have studied white supremacy in the U.S. school curriculum, or the inclusion and perpetuation of narratives in educational materials that elevate and normalize white perspectives while marginalizing or misrepresenting the experiences and contributions of non-white groups.

According to Ladson-Billings and Tate, white supremacy, or the belief that white people are a superior race, has pervasive, widespread influence in United States society. In U.S. school curricula, authors Carter G. Woodson, Ellen Swartz, and others have described the manifestation of unequal race relations through the overrepresentation of the values, views, histories, and accomplishments associated with Western Europeans and white Americans and the underrepresentation of the practices, histories, and accomplishments of non-white racial groups.

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