Chapter 12: Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Leadership Education Curricular Environments

College teaching and curriculum development is one that has been studied extensively, yet there are frequent opportunities for further development and knowledge. Our world is complex. Colleges and universities continue to see more historically excluded populations as part of their enrollments, yet struggle to engage inclusive and equitable support for these students. Therefore, the need to foster inclusive, anti-racist leadership education and learning at the postsecondary level is a call that is urgent. The 2020 Census reported the most racially and ethnically diverse U.S. population in history. This includes continuing declines in the white population, Hispanic or Latinx populations as the second most racially diverse, and the African American population as the third (Jensen et al., 2020). However, institutions continually face challenges related to structural inequality when it comes to access, admissions, engagement, and the persistence of college students of color and other historically excluded populations (Bradley University, n.d.). With these inequities and rapid growth in population demographics, albeit slow-moving progress toward structural equality, we need educators that surface these tensions in our society and seek solutions that are equitable and just. As such, the college setting is one place to build anti-racist leadership education and learning pedagogies.