Affirming Black Students' Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness

ISBN-13: 9780807766989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Arlette Ingram Willis; Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon; Patriann Smith

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• Contents
• Foreword Theresa Perry ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xxi
• 1. Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives 1
• Black Epistemology, Ideology, and Theory 2
• Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations 2
• Conceptual Foundations: Moral Courage and Moral Licensing 4
• Theoretical Foundations: Black Liberation Theology, Black Radical Tradition, Critical Race Theory, and Decolonization 7
• Black Liberation Theology 8
• Black Feminism 10
• The Black Radical Tradition 12
• Critical Race Theory 13
• Decolonial Theories 15
• Reading Research and Black Students 16
• 2. Black Women Activist Teachers 19
• Literacy and Freedom 21
• Literacy and Civil Rights 35
• Literacy and Liberation 40
• Literacy and Justice: Black Independent Schools 45
• Our Teachers 50
• Conclusion 50
• 3. The Mis-Education of a High-Performing Black Girl 53
• Shawyn's Narrative: A Summary 53
• The Study 55
• Aesha 56
• Discussion 64
• Conclusion 67
• In Conversation 68
• Critical Discussion Questions 72
• Suggested Readings 73
• 4. Cultural Dissonance in a First-Grade Classroom 75
• Gwen's Narrative: A Summary 75
• Setting 76
• Tony 77
• Travis 80
• A Closer Look Inside Ms. Rudolph's First-Grade Classroom 83
• Conclusion 92
• In Conversation 93
• Critical Discussion Questions 99
• Suggested Readings 100
• 5. Transcending (Dis)Belief: Black (Immigrant) Youth Literacies 101
• Patriann's Narrative: A Summary 101
• An Invitation From a Black Immigrant Educator 102
• Black Immigrant Educator Literacies 105
• Jorge: A Black Immigrant Latinx Youth 107
• Black American Youth Literacies 110
• Excerpts From Black American Youth 112
• Conclusion 118
• In Conversation 119
• Critical Discussion Questions 122
• Suggested Readings 123
• 6. It's Never Too Late 125
• Arlette's Narrative: A Summary 126
• It Is Never Too Late . . . 126
• A Brief Backstory 127
• Meeting Clemente 129
• Twenty Years Later 132
• Perspective 134
• Conclusion 135
• In Conversation 136
• Critical Discussion Questions 139
• Suggested Readings 140
• 7. Conceptual Framework: Toward a Standard of CARE 141
• Foundations 141
• Race and Culture 143
• Equity Pedagogies 146
• CARE 148
• References 159
• Index 175
• About the Authors 183