Anti-Blackness and Educational Fugitivity in the Educational Experiences of Black Students in Los Angeles County

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: School Discipline, Educational Fugitivity, and Restorative Practices

Abstract

Despite decades of school reform efforts following the 1954 Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, Black students’ educational experiences continue to be shaped by the intransigent antiblackness that defined their schooling experiences pre-Brown, thus significantly contributing to their continued marginalization in schools today. In spite of incessant antiblackness, a critical amount of Black students excel academically at the secondary level and successfully matriculate into college, highlighting a need for researchers to study how Black students are empowered to overcome obstacles posed by antiblackness. This study seeks to explore how Black students experience antiblackness in their everyday schooling experiences, in addition to examining how Black students are empowered to resist antiblackness through their participation in a Social Justice College Access Program.

Author

• Gene F McAdoo, University of California - Los Angeles