Teach my child, too: African immigrant parents and multicultural educators sharing culturally responsive teaching tips

Abstract

A demographic shift has initiated many changes in school districts in the United States. Schools are trying to address the needs of a school-age population that is culturally, linguistically, ethnically, and economically diverse (CLEED). However, there is one group that continues to be "invisible" in our schools, and that group is students of new African immigrants. These children come from a continent of great diversity that includes many countries They come from the North to south of the Sahara and have a phenotype that ranges from White Africans to Black Africans. They come from Anglophone-to Francophone-speaking countries and from various socioeconomic levels, from radical to moderate countries. New African immigrants come to America, like many other immigrants, to seek a new life and to get away from the social, political, and economic turmoil that plagues their country. Their plight is very similar to most immigrants; yet, they seem to be forgotten in the schools.