Pursuing Racial Justice Through Intersectional Inclusive Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium proposal unites scholars with interests in multiple areas including decolonial studies, special education, sociology of education, and policy studies. Through this discussion, we the authors attempt to disrupt and deconstruct racial inequities through the critical examination of inclusive education, addressing factors such as culture, history, and context. We are interested in how these aspects interplay in both perpetuating and dismantling systemic racial injustices in educational settings. In this way, our session offers a unique assemblage of contours and perspectives shaping inclusive education to strengthen our collective capacity and vigor for confronting racial injustice through intersectional inclusive education. Our session format engages inter-presenter-audience dialogue to give space to the unique intersections and insights that arise from our work.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Special and Inclusive Education Research

Chair

• Federico R. Waitoller, University of Illinois at Chicago

Papers

• Risky Literacy: Collective Meaning Making With Black Boys Labeled Dis/abled - William A. Proffitt, Montclair State University

• Refugee Students With Disabilities in the K–12 Educational System in British Columbia: An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis - Inna Stepaniuk, Simon Fraser University

• Color-Evasive Racism in Teacher Preparation: Disrupting the Discourse - Courtney L. Wilt, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

• Examining Perceptions of Black and Immigrant Teachers and Administrators Navigating White Hegemonic Spaces - Suman Rath, Montclair State University

Discussant

• Jessica K. Bacon, Montclair State University