ERIC Number: EJ1428363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1469-7874
EISSN: EISSN-1741-2625
Reading Racism-Themed YAL through the Lens of Intersectionality: Complicating Social Justice Thinking
Active Learning in Higher Education, v25 n2 p184-196 2024
I discuss White American students' experiences of reading racism-themed young adult literature (YAL), addressing the issue of police brutality, and using the concept of intersectionality to promote social justice awareness. Based on analysis of their written reflections and classroom discussions, I argue reading racism-themed YAL with an intersectionality lens helped White American students complicate their understanding of the struggles and the resistance of youths of color at the present time. I share my instructional strategy for helping White students identify, analyze, and critique the work of power upon American youths.
Descriptors: Social Justice, Power Structure, Racism, Adolescent Literature, White Students, Teaching Methods, Criticism, Minority Groups, Identification, Intersectionality, Police, Violence, Undergraduate Students, Liberal Arts, Course Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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