'Race' 'Ethnicity' and Citizenship in Education: Locating Intersectionality and Migration for Social Justice
Understanding the concepts of 'ethnicity' and 'race' in relation to citizenship necessarily engages us in the recognition of power dynamics at play within society and also engages us with social justice. This chapter highlights some of the various and contested conceptual underpinnings of the terms 'ethnicity' and 'race' and debates the distinctions between these terms. In addition, it highlights the constructed, intersectional and institutionalized nature of these concepts. This is followed by discussion of certain key issues of concern, including a consideration of the different implications for social justice of accommodating such diversity in conceptualizing inclusive citizenship. Different issues in relation to education for citizenship and the implications these issues hold for educational policy and practice are then explored, with various country case examples examined to elucidate different approaches to the accommodation of ethnicity and race in conceptions of citizenship in educational policy, curriculum and pedagogical practice.