ERIC Number: EJ1445479
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1080-5400
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Reclaiming Civic Life in Schools: Lessons on Contesting Anti-Black Adultism through Acts of Solidarity
Ryan Oto; Amina Smaller
Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, v22 n1 p194-213 2024
In this article, we illustrate and address how anti-Blackness and adultism work together in an interlocking form of oppression we call anti-Black adultism. Situated in Amina's (youth author) lived experiences of school, we offer counter-stories that show the ways that educators employed anti-Black adultism to render Amina's civic life incompatible with the academic learning of school and imposed adult-framings of academic success on her as a way to control her in school. We then detail our shared experiences in an affinity group space and youth research project to offer the ways that anti-Black adultism can be disrupted through acts of solidarity. We conclude with lessons for adults to trouble anti-Black adultism to sustain intergenerational work toward racial justice in schools.
Descriptors: Civics, Racism, Adults, Power Structure, Resistance (Psychology), Group Unity, Social Justice, Personal Narratives, Educational Practices, Childrens Rights, Student Rights, Youth, Student Projects, Trust (Psychology), Maturity (Individuals), Participatory Research, Action Research
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