Racism in the Education System: Structures, Content, Struggles

Education is never neutral. What is taught, whose knowledge is centered, and whose experiences are left out all shape how we understand society and belonging.

On June 2, 2016, as part of Reimagine Belonging: Leipzig, Tuğba Tanyılmaz (i-PÄD), Hajdi Barz (IniRromnja), Anna Nikolenko (LAG pokuBi Sachsen e.V.) and Vincent Bababoutilabo (ISD Leipzig) came together for a conversation moderated by Berena Yogarajah.

The panel explored how racism is reproduced through educational institutions and knowledge, where discriminatory structures become visible, and what critical, anti-racist educational work can look like. The conversation also highlighted approaches already being developed to challenge these structures and create other ways of teaching and learning.

Watch the full conversation.