When They Teach Us: Microaggressions and Black Children in Early Childhood Education

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 11
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Conversations in Early Childhood Classrooms

Abstract

Using the lens of racial microaggressions, this study articulates the experiences of Black children in early childhood education. The researchers draw connections between patterns of criminalization experienced by Black child and larger societal challenges facing Black youth and adults as informed by the Netflix miniseries "When They See Us."

Authors

• Idara R. Essien, San Diego State University

• J. Luke Wood, San Diego State University