On Knowing: Willingness, Fugitivity and Abolition in Precarious Times

Autor/in	Stovall, David
Titel	On Knowing: Willingness, Fugitivity and Abolition in Precarious Times
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 16 (2020) 1, (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-9035
Schlagwörter	History; Power Structure; Disease Control; Disease Incidence; Crisis Management; Whites; Advantaged; Social Differences; Social Values; Educational Environment; Social Justice; Social Discrimination; Teacher Role; Social Change; Self Determination; Educational Change; Literacy; Political Attitudes; Race; Critical Theory; Minority Group Students; Achievement Gap; Racial Bias; COVID-19; Pandemics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Krisenmanagement; White; Weißer; Sozialer Unterschied; Sozialer Wert; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Lehrerrolle; Sozialer Wandel; Selbstbestimmung; Bildungsreform; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Rasse; Abstammung; Kritische Theorie; Racial discrimination; Rassismus
Abstract	The author complements his JoLLE keynote speech, available on video, with an essay that situates historical means of oppression within two current pandemics: the coronavirus crisis and the longstanding crisis of White supremacy. He expands this notion to include societal advantage beyond Whiteness, particularly the advantages that accrue to wealthy, western European descended, able-bodied, cis-gender, Protestant, heterosexual males, whose lives have been normalized to represent all that is right and good. Schools, he maintains, are structured to support the value system of a single demographic group, making U.S. schooling fundamentally unjust extensions of discrimination more broadly practiced. He asserts that teachers dedicated to abolishing oppressive systems must teach to refute what the world says about Black and Brown youth. He maintains that a post-pandemic world would abandon its orientation to markets and status quo preservation. Rather, it will shift its emphasis to a commitment to cultivating students' knowledge of themselves, their solidarity as members of a community, and their self-determination beyond the bounds of the discriminatory structures that have long dominated US society and its schools. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. 315 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-7866; Fax: 706-542-3817; e-mail: jolle@uga.edu; Web site: http://jolle.coe.uga.edu
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Update	2024/1/01