Overview
We Be Lovin' Black Children is a pro-Black book. Pro-Black does not mean anti-white or anti anything else. It means that this little book is about what we must do to ensure that Black children across the world are loved, safe, and that their souls and spirits are healed from the ongoing damage of living in a world where white supremacy flourishes. It offers strategies and activities that families, communities, social organizations, and others can use to unapologetically love Black children. This book will facilitate Black children's cultural and academic excellence.
Full Product Details
Author: Gloria Swindler Boutte ,
Joyce E. King ,
George L. Johnson ,
LaGarret J. King
Publisher: Myers Education Press
Imprint: Myers Education Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9781975504632
ISBN 10: 1975504631
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 30 March 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
As educational systems consistently demonstrate anti-Blackness through their policies and practices, this book shows readers what it means to be pro-Black and consequently pro-Black children. By tearing down divisive barriers and unnecessary borders, the book exemplifies what is possible in a global movement dedicated to Blackness in the fight for racial justice! This book teaches as it troubles racial injustices everywhere! --Dr. H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education, Vanderbilt University The title, We Be Lovin' Black Children, establishes its premise. 'Be Lovin' connotes an immediacy, a now-ness, a persistence that is culturally based and applicable to today's enigmatic conditions. Give every new African and African American mother a copy of We Be Lovin' Black Children and the intricate, complex maze through which she must meander in her quest for emotional freedom is diminished. We Be Lovin' Black Children means we have been, are now, and will be lovin' and minimizing the barriers that separate us. It is explicit and replete with examples of the how. With the wisdom of loving scholars and teachers, the chains of oppression are weakened and eventually severed. --Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford, Vice-Chancellor Emerita, New York State Board of Regents Black parents can no longer settle for 'the Talk' as a defense for our children. They need information, strategies, and tactics for ensuring Black children survive AND thrive in an increasingly hostile world. We Be Lovin' Black Children is the corrective our families need to raise the mentally, emotionally, socially, and culturally healthy children we need to ensure the legacies left over the millennia and throughout the world. --Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita and the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, past President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
As educational systems consistently demonstrate anti-Blackness through their policies and practices, this book shows readers what it means to be pro-Black and consequently pro-Black children. By tearing down divisive barriers and unnecessary borders, the book exemplifies what is possible in a global movement dedicated to Blackness in the fight for racial justice! This book teaches as it troubles racial injustices everywhere!--Dr. H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education, Vanderbilt University Black parents can no longer settle for 'the Talk' as a defense for our children. They need information, strategies, and tactics for ensuring Black children survive AND thrive in an increasingly hostile world. We Be Lovin' Black Children is the corrective our families need to raise the mentally, emotionally, socially, and culturally healthy children we need to ensure the legacies left over the millennia and throughout the world.--Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita and the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, past President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) The title, We Be Lovin' Black Children, establishes its premise. 'Be Lovin' connotes an immediacy, a now-ness, a persistence that is culturally based and applicable to today's enigmatic conditions. Give every new African and African American mother a copy of We Be Lovin' Black Children and the intricate, complex maze through which she must meander in her quest for emotional freedom is diminished. We Be Lovin' Black Children means we have been, are now, and will be lovin' and minimizing the barriers that separate us. It is explicit and replete with examples of the how. With the wisdom of loving scholars and teachers, the chains of oppression are weakened and eventually severed.--Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford, Vice-Chancellor Emerita, New York State Board of Regents
Author Information
Dr. Gloria Boutte is a Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. She is the author/editor of four books: African Diaspora Literacy: The Heart of Transformation in K-12 Schools and Teacher Education (2019 AESA Critics Choice Award); Educating African American Students: And how are the children; Resounding Voices: School Experiences of People From Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds; and Multicultural Education: Raising Consciousness. Joyce E. King holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership at Georgia State University and affiliated faculty status in the African American Studies Department. Her publications focus on Black Studies curriculum theorizing and Black education research and policy. She is a past president of the American Educational Research Association.
