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The Revolution Will Be Live: Examining Educational (In)Justice Through The Lens Of Black Lives Matter, Amy Jo Samuels, Gregory L. Samuels, Brandon Haas Jan 2017

The Revolution Will Be Live: Examining Educational (In)Justice Through The Lens Of Black Lives Matter, Amy Jo Samuels, Gregory L. Samuels, Brandon Haas

Journal of Educational Controversy

The article explores current sociopolitical implications of race through the lens of Black Lives Matter. In highlighting critical incidents in the movement and connecting to related events of historical significance, we establish parallels to emphasize the persistence of bias, race-based oppression, and injustice. The article focuses on established power structures and explores inequity, oppression, and sociopolitical contradictions by examining institutionalized racism. We emphasize how deficit perceptions, racist ideologies, and silence on racism are dangerous and must be challenged to foster action, advocacy, and change.


Black Lives Matter And The Education Industrial Complex: A Special Issue Of The Journal Of Educational Controversy, Teri A. Mcmurtry-Chubb, William Lyne Jan 2017

Black Lives Matter And The Education Industrial Complex: A Special Issue Of The Journal Of Educational Controversy, Teri A. Mcmurtry-Chubb, William Lyne

Journal of Educational Controversy

Our volume seeks to illustrate specific classrooms and the larger invisible forces that structure the U.S. education industrial complex.


Cocaine And College: How Black Lives Matter In U.S. Public Higher Education, Bill Lyne Jan 2017

Cocaine And College: How Black Lives Matter In U.S. Public Higher Education, Bill Lyne

Journal of Educational Controversy

Taking the Black Panthers' call for relevant education as its starting point, this article looks at the recent history of race and higher education to put the Back Lives Matter movement into historical perspective and ask whether Black lives can ever really matter in U.S. mainstream education.