Disrupting Whiteness: Voice, Silence, and Everything in Between

• In Event: Blackness as an Act of Social Justice

Abstract

We do not understand how both voice and silence work together to illuminate the experiences of marginalized populations, particularly in the area of education. Also, beyond reclaiming silenced voices we also have yet to inquire into silence as a source of pedagogical knowledge. In this paper we inquire into the complexities of voice juxtaposed to silence for people of color in the academy. This paper is based on two narratives by women of color that address how voice and silence function in relation to issues of power in the academy, in predominantly white classrooms and the white academy overall.

Authors

• Dalia Rodriguez, Syracuse University

• Camilla Bell, Syracuse University