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Publication Date: 2020
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Remembering and Honoring the Dead: "Dia de los Muertos," Black Lives Matter and Radical Healing
Desai, Shiv R.
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v23 n6 p767-783 2020
The officer who murdered George Floyd by pressing his knee on his neck symbolizes the chokehold systemic racism and antiblackness has had on Black people. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has provided a critical space where marginalized people of color can find their voice by engaging in social activism as well as a space where they can process and reflect on the larger issues that are affecting them in society. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to discuss how through a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) project that addressed extrajudicial killings by creating a Día de los Muertos float led to youth finding critical hope, which lent itself to radical healing.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Activism, Social Action, Participatory Research, Action Research, Hispanic American Students, Mexican Americans, Violence, Social Justice, Death, Crime, Empowerment, Capacity Building, Caring, Folk Culture, Cultural Activities
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Language: English
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