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Distractions cannot be bigger than the mission: Black women’s motherwork in urban education
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Distractions cannot be bigger than the mission: Black women’s motherwork in urban education

Tambra O. Jackson and Ayana Allen-Handy
Black mother educators: advancing praxis for access, equity and achievement, pp 183-202
2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-64802-405-420251014

Abstract

African American mothers African American teachers and the community African American women educators Attitudes Critical pedagogy Discrimination in education In-service training Mentoring in education Minority women educators Mother and child Othermothering Racism in education Social aspects Teachers History United States
In this chapter our intent is to center our experiences as Black mother educators within the contexts of schools/colleges of education at predominantly White institutions that espouse a commitment to urban education. In so doing, we explicitly focus on the ways in which our positionality as Black mothers informs our praxis in these spaces. Specifically, we provide analysis of critical incidents and the ways in which we navigate these spaces from our positionality as Black mother educators with the goal of protecting Black children and our own sons. We highlight three aspects of our praxis and discuss the implications of lessons that can be extrapolated for the protection of Black children—Black mothers’ sons—in schools.

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