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'PULLING UP MYTHS FROM THE ROOT:' DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ANTI-RACIST CURRICULUM ABOUT THE AFRICAN HERITAGE FOR THIRD GRADERS IN PUERTO RICO.

When defining the foundations of Puerto Rico's national culture, indigenous Tainos and Spanish influences are often referred to as the first and second roots respectively. African heritage is known as "the third root." This ranking reveals deeply entrenched racial hierarchies that position blackness as the least important or desirable element of Puerto Rican identity. This article is based on a five-year ethnographic research project that documents the impact of this racial hierarchy in the third grade classroom in order to provide educational materials to deal with the problem of racism in Puerto Rico. Here, we describe the research carried out with third graders, teachers, and parents in two elementary schools. We discuss the findings and elucidate the challenges faced in conceptualizing and designing an anti-racist intervention in one of the schools.