Racism by another name : Black students, overrepresentation, and the carceral state of special education / editors Dorothy E. Hines, Mildred Boveda, Endia J. Lindo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hines, Dorothy E., editor.

Boveda, Mildred, editor.

Lindo, Endia J., editor.

Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Series:

Research, advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment mentoring series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans with disabilities--Education.

African Americans with disabilities.

African American children--Education.

African American children.

Learning disabled children--Education.

Learning disabled children.

Special education--Social aspects--United States.

Special education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Special education--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc. [2021]

Summary:

"Racism by Another Name: Black Students, Overrepresentation, and the Carceral State of Special Education is a thought-provoking and timely book that provides a landscape for understanding and changing educational (in)opportunities for Black Students who are identified for special education. This book provides a historical and contemporary analysis through the eyes of Black children and their families how they navigate and push against inequitable schooling, how they are reframing discourse about race, dis/ability, and gender in schools, how educators, administrators, and school counselors contribute to disproportionality in special education, and ways that parents are collectively organizing to dismantle injustices and the carceral state of special education. Each chapter provides a ground level view of what Black students with dis/abilities experience in the classroom, and examines how the intersection of race, dis/abilty, and gender subject Black students to dehumanizing experiences in school. The book uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to exploring the material realities of Black students who are isolated in separate and mainstream classrooms. Drawing from Critical Race Theory, DisCrit, Critical Race Feminism, and other race-centered frameworks this book challenges hegemonic norms of schools that reinforce inequality and racial segregation in special education. At the end of each chapter the authors present practitioner-based notes and resources for readers to expand their knowledge of how Black students, their family, and guardians advocate for themselves and their own children. This book will leave educational advocates for Black children with a clearer understanding of the obstacles and successes that they encounter when striving for a just and equitable education. Additionally, the book challenges readers to be active agents of change in their own schools and communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I WHY ME?: STUDENT EXPERIENCES, IDENTITY, AND ABLEISM

1. Special Yet Unequal: Race, Disability, and the Prison Pipeline for Black Youth in America / Charles Bell

2. Illusions of Preparedness: Self-Concepts of African American Children With Learning Disabilities / Janelle Alexander

3. A Pattern of Practice: Federal Law and the Carceral State of Special Education for Black Girls / Jernimah I. Young

4. The Carceral State Effect on My Swagger: An Exploratory Study of Being Young, Black, and Male in the U.S. Education Institution / Bryan E. Cichy-Parker

5. Mis-education at Woodson Middle School: Student Perceptions of a Magnet School Within a School / Lourdes Santiago Poventud

pt. II INSIDE THE WALLS: TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS

6. In White Imaginations: A Synthesis of Research on White Teachers' Colorblind Racism and Implications for Black Students in Special Education / Crystal M. Menzies

7. Overcoming Racism and Ableism: Why Are Black Students With Disabilities Overrepresented in Disciplinary Actions? / Cassandra Willis

8. Preparing Teachers, Administrators, and Service Providers to Engage, Motivate, Support, and Educate Black Children and Adolescents / Denise K. Whitford

9. Challenging the Carceral State of Black Students With Disabilities in K-12 Schools: The Role of School Counselors Renae D. Mayes and Erik M. Hines

pt. III PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN: PARENTAL ACTIVISM, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND ENGAGEMENT

10. Whose Parenting Is Legitimate? School Positioning of Multiply-Marginalized Black Families and Consequences for Black Girls / Subini Annamma

11. Carcerality, Special Educat ion, and the State of Black Children and their Families / Cynite Cooke

12. "They Never Listen to the Parent": Parent Narratives at the Intersection of Anti-Black Racism, Disability and School Discipline / Stephanie Keeney Parks

13. Marronage Refusal: Racism and Special Education as Technologies of a Racial Carceral Democracy / Awo Okaikor M. Aryee-Price

14. Reconceptualizing Black Family Engagement in Special Education: Understanding the Motivations of Parents and Caregivers / Jolan M. Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Racism by another name

ISBN:

9781648024474

1648024475

9781648024481

1648024483

OCLC:

1243012104

Publisher Number:

99991620225