Critical Race Praxis Across Multiple Educational Contexts: Expanding the Possibilities for Racial Justice Work

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Given the shifting nature of racism and white supremacy and a pronounced resurgent colorblind policy moment, this symposium explores expanding the possibilities for applying Critical Race Praxis (CRP) in education (Yamamoto, 1997; Zamani-Gallaher, O’Neil Green, Brown, & Author, 2009; Author, 2006). Presenters build on Yamamoto and others’ work as a political tool, exploring nuances of CRP to expand thinking towards new possibilities that address current political and policy making challenges in education. At the core of this symposium is extending CRP with the purpose of advancing critical and social justice–oriented education policies and practices across multiple spheres of influence (e.g. community organizers, students and teachers, educational researchers, and political lawyers).

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Policies, Mattering, and Praxis

Chair

• Walter R. Allen, University of California - Los Angeles

Papers

• Critical Race Praxis and the Troubled Road: Justice, Self-Determination, and Protracted Struggle in Education - David O. Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Critical Race Praxis for Educational Research in Constricting Institutional Contexts - Uma Madhure Jayakumar, University of California - Riverside; Annie S. Adamian, California State University - Chico

• Growing in Ground We Stand In: Educator-Organizer Research as Critical Race Praxis for Education Research (CRP-Ed) - Patrick Camangian, University of San Francisco

Discussant

• Tara J. Yosso, University of California - Riverside