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Unprecedented Times Call for Unprecedented Solutions: Critical Ethnic Studies as a Call to Action and Resistance
Sun, April 14, 11:25am to 12:55pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 110ASession Type: Symposium
Abstract
We are living in unprecedented times: the Covid endemic, book bans, whitewashing history, and attacks on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI). These are only the latest repercussions from the latest efforts to destroy the minimal work towards inclusive education being done throughout the country. The objective of this session is to explore how the work of ethnic studies (ES) subverts these attacks by offering oppressed students access to critical, liberatory educational experiences. Our diverse set of research papers represent a variety of methodological, disciplinary, geographic, and relational positionalities to examine ES in our respective contexts. We leverage student interviews, ethnographic classroom observations, and longitudinal administrative data to examine ES programs as they grow and persist in the face of ongoing opposition.
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Employing Intersectionality for Examining Student Experiences in Ethnic Studies High School Classes in the Southwest - Nancy López, University of New Mexico; Sade Bonilla, University of Pennsylvania; Florence Emily Castillo, Texas Christian University; Magdalena Vazquez Dathe, University of New Mexico; Michelle J Drummond, Albuquerque Public Schools
Are All Students Being Transformed? Moving Beyond Latinx-Centric Ethnic Studies and Preventing Spirit-Murdering in “Critical” Spaces - Magdalena Vazquez Dathe, University of New Mexico; Florence Emily Castillo, Texas Christian University
The Third Eye Stopped Blinking: Youth Finding Hope, Strength and Their Voices Through Ethnic Studies - Shiv R. Desai, University of New Mexico
Sustaining Ethnic Studies as It Grows - Emily K. Penner, University of California - Irvine; Ha Eun Kim, University of California - Los Angeles (Center for the Transformation of Schools); Jomar M. Lopes, University of California - Irvine; Biraj Bisht, University of California - Irvine; Adriana Villavicencio, New York University; Amy Gong Liu, University of California - Irvine