Critical Race Theory and the Perspectives of Black Men Teachers in the Los Angeles Public Schools

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Lynn
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Men Teachers ◽  
Race Theory

scholarly journals The COVID States Project #73: American Attitudes Toward Critical Race Theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alauna Safarpour ◽  
David Lazer ◽  
Jennifer Lin ◽  
Caroline H Pippert ◽  
James Druckman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
Cable News ◽  
Socially Constructed

In a few short years, the scholarly approach known as Critical Race Theory (CRT) went from a relatively obscure academic framework to the new front in the American culture wars. CRT has made its way to the front pages of newspapers, cable news show’s primetime specials, Presidential executive orders, and a slate of laws and regulations dictating how history can be taught in public schools. Critical Race Theory1 is an academic movement of scholars who investigate and seek to change the existing power dynamic between race and racism in society.CRT began in the 1970s among legal scholars and has since influenced other fields such as sociology, education, and ethnic studies. CRT consists of several basic tenants or themes, although substantial individual variation exists across scholars. Among these is the notion that race is socially constructed (there is no biological basis for what we think of as race), the idea that racism is normalized as part of everyday society (it is entrenched in modern institutions and policies and can be difficult to combat), and the idea that the dominant group have little incentive to eliminate racism because the current racial hierarchy serves important material and psychological needs. Other themes in CRT include the idea of intersectionality which argues that belonging to multiple oppressed groups is a distinctive experience that is more than just the sum of its parts.

scholarly journals Linguicism and Racism in Massachusetts Educational Policy

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Mitchell Viesca
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Educational Quality ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Educational Disparities

This paper presents a critically conscious policy analysis conducted on Massachusetts state policy regarding the education of secondary multilingual learners and their teachers through the lens of critical race theory (CRT).  My analysis suggests that even though current policy in Massachusetts is framed in terms of the overarching goals of educational quality and equality, in reality it substantively sanctions inequitable practices. This paper demonstrates that racism and linguicism (or language-based discrimination) towards multilingual learners are legally sanctioned in Massachusetts public schools as a consequence of state policy, thus contributing to educational disparities.

An Exploratory Study of Stress Coping and Resiliency of Black Men at One Medical School: A Critical Race Theory Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Acheampong ◽  
Carenado Davis ◽  
David Holder ◽  
Paige Averett ◽  
Todd Savitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory

scholarly journals They don’t really care about us: the stories of previously Incarcerated black men in Scarborough and their experiences with displaced anger through a critical race theory perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
School Life ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Life Journey

This narrative qualitative research study investigates aspects of the life journey of Black male adults in the urban context, Scarborough, Ontario through a Critical Race Theory (CRT) Perspective. Four Black male adults who lived in Scarborough as teenagers with previous incarceration were interviewed. Using the counter-storytelling method through CRT, these Black men discussed their experiences with incarceration, school, life in Scarborough as Black males and displaced anger and mental health issues. This data was analyzed using Composite Narrative analysis. The narratives of these young men affirm that their experiences, including those associated with racism and lateral violence, from their school and family settings to the streets in Scarborough, confused their masculinity, affected mental health experiences, and contributed to suppressed anger which displaced in aggressive or violent ways. These men’s stories also confirm that being incarcerated further exacerbated this displaced anger phenomenon, especially surrounding masculinity and certain mental health concerns and did contribute to feelings of hopelessness when trying to reintegrate back into Scarborough following their release.

scholarly journals They don’t really care about us: the stories of previously Incarcerated black men in Scarborough and their experiences with displaced anger through a critical race theory perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
School Life ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Life Journey

This narrative qualitative research study investigates aspects of the life journey of Black male adults in the urban context, Scarborough, Ontario through a Critical Race Theory (CRT) Perspective. Four Black male adults who lived in Scarborough as teenagers with previous incarceration were interviewed. Using the counter-storytelling method through CRT, these Black men discussed their experiences with incarceration, school, life in Scarborough as Black males and displaced anger and mental health issues. This data was analyzed using Composite Narrative analysis. The narratives of these young men affirm that their experiences, including those associated with racism and lateral violence, from their school and family settings to the streets in Scarborough, confused their masculinity, affected mental health experiences, and contributed to suppressed anger which displaced in aggressive or violent ways. These men’s stories also confirm that being incarcerated further exacerbated this displaced anger phenomenon, especially surrounding masculinity and certain mental health concerns and did contribute to feelings of hopelessness when trying to reintegrate back into Scarborough following their release.

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