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ERIC Number: EJ1386171
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1361-3324
EISSN: EISSN-1470-109X
"We Just Do Us": How Black Teachers Co-Construct Black Teacher Fugitive Space in the Face of Antiblackness
Stovall, Jessica Lee; Mosely, Micia
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v26 n3 p298-317 2023
This article presents findings from an empirical study that sought to understand how Black teachers collectively built a Black affinity space in response to the antiblackness they faced in their school sites. Analyses of interview and participant observation data point to the importance of Black teachers creating spaces reminiscent of a homeplace, where they can speak and act with their full selves through play, humor, and various expressions of Blackness. The article argues that the concept of affinity spaces is insufficient to describe what the teachers in the study collectively built. Instead, we draw on notions of fugitivity from Black Studies to theorize this space as a pro-Black fugitive space. We argue that these "Black teacher fugitive spaces" are rehumanizing and sustaining for Black teachers, offering implications for Black teacher support and retention.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (San Francisco)
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