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Abstract

We synthesize the tools of Critical Discourse Analysis and Anti-Racist Pedagogy to define and exemplify Critical AntiRacist Discourse Analysis (CARDA) as a tool for addressing expressions of systemic racism in institutional policy. We then demonstrate CARDA with the example of a university course syllabus, which represents an institutional policy text negotiated between an individual and an institution. Findings indicate how CARDA can be used to uncover unconscious and implicit racism and amplify antiracism in a syllabus. Implications include areas in which to expand CARDA as a tool for pursuing antiracist policy and pedagogy in multiple educational and other contexts.

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critical discourse analysis antiracist pedagogy policy

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