Advantages to Being Invisible

• In Event: 53.081 - Roundtable Session 21
  In Roundtable Session: 53.081-3 - Critical Perspectives on Racism in Education

Abstract

My intent in this study was to explore the complex set of factors surrounding the world of the African American educational lobbyists by presenting their varied perspectives and meanings of how they interpret their role in education.
“Reverse Interest Convergence” is a clear strategy utilized by African American educational lobbyists in their attempt to impact and influence education for Black and Brown children academically, socially and economically. Through reporting the experiences of African American educational lobbyists we are able to hear their voices as they relate to their impact on education and thus allow them to discover their invisibility.

Author

• Aaron Jermaine Griffen, DSST Public Schools