Assimilation and celebration?: discourses of difference and the application of critical diversity literacy education

Key Points

• This chapter aims to critically engage with prevailing discourses of difference in education and propose a framework for critical diversity literacy.
• Analyzes recent events in South Africa related to education and diversity discourses.
• Proposes the development of critical diversity literacy for pre-service teachers to engage with and challenge these discourses.
• A framework for critical diversity literacy is proposed to enable nuanced understandings of power and privilege.
• Encourages pre-service teachers to challenge and trouble prevailing narratives about difference in educational contexts.