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The Future Is Black: Afro-Pessimism, Fugitivity, and Radical Hope in Education

Tue, April 17, 8:15 to 10:15am, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Concourse Level, Concourse A Room

Session Type: Symposium

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The purpose of this session is to engage Afropessimism as an emerging theoretical frame for interrogating Black children’s suffering in schools, and proposing new ways of thinking about education for Black life. By completion of the session, attendees will have a better sense of how Afropessimism has been articulated, and how it can be used to explain and discuss Black vulnerability and its persistence in “the afterlife of slavery”. Each presenter will a) identify sociocultural issues that motivate an interest in Afropessimism for activists and scholars in education, and/or b) present critical case studies that describe expressions and implications of Afropessimism in Black communities.

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