We seek to begin to develop understanding of how White racial discourses and Christian discourses intersect, buffet, and shape one another. In this study, we analyzed White Christian prospective and practicing mathematics teachers’ discourses. We found that participants used derivations of the phrase “we are children of God” in contexts in which they were asked about the intersection of their religious beliefs and their perspectives on race. We drew on Bakhtinian ideas to make sense of how these prospective and practicing teachers were using this phrase and found that the use of this phrase is complicated but is likely perpetuating a colorblind discourse. We describe some implications for teacher educators.

我们试图开始加深对白人种族话语和基督教话语如何相交，相互影响和相互影响的理解。在这项研究中，我们分析了白人基督徒的前瞻性和实践性数学教师的话语。我们发现，在被问及他们的宗教信仰和种族观念的交集的情况下，参与者使用了“我们是上帝的孩子”这一短语的派生词。我们借鉴了巴赫金主义的思想，以弄清这些准和实践型教师如何使用该短语，并发现该短语的使用很复杂，但很可能会使色盲话语永存。我们描述了对教师教育者的一些启示。