ERIC Number: EJ1374273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-5684
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Feeling Black: Black Urban High School Youth and Visceral Geographies of Anti-Black Racism
Jenkins, DeMarcus A.
Equity & Excellence in Education, v55 n3 p231-243 2022
Prior research on anti-blackness in education demonstrates that Black bodies are marked as undesirable and therefore require exclusion, neglect, or mistreatment. Building on this research, I turn to geographical theories to understand the lived, everyday experiences of Black students who attended a predominately Latinx high school. Via visceral geographies, I focus on the body as a spatial landscape to explore how Black students experienced anti-black racism and how they embodied these racial moments. Here, I combine the theoretical resources of visceral geographies, BlackCrit, and anti-blackness, to interrogate the real and perceived violence that Black students endured during the school day. My analysis revealed two salient themes: (1) Black students felt a sense of unbelonging; and (2) they perceived their blackness as unimaginable to non-Black people. Finally, I argue that the (Black) body is a space where researchers can collect information about anti-blackness and work towards addressing racism in schools.
Descriptors: African American Students, High School Students, Urban Youth, Urban Schools, Racism, Student Experience, Hispanic American Students, Minority Group Students, Violence, Sense of Community, Human Body
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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