Afro-Mexican epistemologies in education: material justice as the basis for ethnic and intersectionality justice for education in the U.S.

• In Event: Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies

Abstract

This paper challenges the epistemic marginalization of Afro-Mexican teachers in education. By viewing them solely as research subjects, their knowledge creation is ignored. Their epistemologies are dismissed as folklore, partly due to epistemic racism in academia that favors a rigid Western approach. This paper aims to rectify this by analyzing Afro-Mexican educators' experiences and narratives. It will show how their stories hold valuable knowledge for understanding material social justice and intersectionality in education, particularly relevant for the growing number of Afro-Latinx students in U.S. schools.

Author

• Raul Olmo Fregoso Bailón, University of Nevada - Reno