43.062 - Serving the Post-Truth Era: Black Youth's Pursuit of Educational Quality in Detroit

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Without confronting the urban condition of schooling, public urban schools will continue to go underserved (Noguera, 2003). As communities of color are forced to contend with a lack of educational quality and access, various social actors have decided to address educational inequity. In many ways, Detroit is an exemplar case of this phenomenon as there is a rich history of Black activism in the city. Black youth are at the center of struggle for a quality education and have engaged in the search for access and equity in a myriad of ways. In this paper session, researchers highlight the varying ways Black youth in Detroit choose to be positioned and are positioned in this quest for educational quality.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Focus on Black Education

Chair

• L. Trenton S. Marsh, University of Central Florida

Papers

• "If School Was Like This, Violence Would Be Ended by Now": Black Youth Leadership and Pedagogies of Love in a Summer Mathematics Program - Carolyn Hetrick, University of Michigan

• Seeking Educational Opportunity in Metro Detroit Suburbs: Black Youths' Perspectives on School Choice and Education (In)Equality Across the City-Suburb Divide - Dana G. Nickson, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• The "Educational State": Black Youth Activist's Meaning-Making of Educational Inequity in Detroit - Naomi Mae W., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Discussant

• L. Trenton S. Marsh, University of Central Florida