Amplifying Black Caregivers’ Perspectives About Anti-CRT Legislation

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 9:50 am Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Voices of the Diaspora: Exploring Educational Histories, Perspectives, and Practices (Table 12)

Abstract

In recent years, politicians across the country have attempted, and sometimes successfully, prohibited the teaching of race and racism in PK-12 public schools. Although this legislation attempts to ban a theory that is not taught in PK-12 public schools, too often the voices of caregivers from marginalized communities are missing from these legislative decisions. This qualitative study examines Black caregivers’ perspectives toward anti-CRT legislation, focusing specifically on their thoughts on teaching antiBlackness and race in their children’s high school U.S. history classes. Presented through a composite counterstory, findings illuminate the value of learning from knowledges rooted in the experiences of marginalized groups and highlight the need for inclusive educational policymaking.

Author

• Brittany Jones, University at Buffalo - SUNY