We Be Lovin’ Black Children
Learning to Be Literate About the African Diaspora
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Published: January 2021
9781975504649
$39.95
Publisher: Myers Education Press
6" x 9"Language: English
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.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction—We Be Lovin’ Black Children
PART I—BLACK FOLKS IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 1
Open Love Letter to Black Families and Communities
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte and Gloria Swindler Boutte
Chapter 2
Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud: Beauty, Brilliance, and Belonging in Our Homes, Classrooms, and Communities
Jarvais Jackson, Saudah Collins, Janice Baines, and Valente’ Gibson
Chapter 3
Great Rising: Activities to Inspire Black Teens and Youth
Shaquetta Moultrie, Antoinette Gibson, and Julia Dawson
Chapter 4
Preparing Black Children to Identify and Confront Racism in Books, Media, and Other Texts: Critical Questions
Meir Muller
Chapter 5
Each One, Teach One: Reflections and Lessons on Mentoring Young Men of Color Ricardo Neal and Kindel Nash
Chapter 6
We Be Family
Kayla Hostetler and Jamon Dubose
Chapter 7
The Crown on Your Head: Teaching African Diaspora Literacy Through Hair
Shayla Calhoun and Joy Howard
Chapter 8
Teaching Our Children About Blackness in the World
Lasana D. Kazembe, Leslie K. Etienne, and Tambra O. Jackson
PART II—BLACK FOLKS ALL OVER THE WORLD
Chapter 9
African Diaspora Literacy in Jamaica and the Wider Caribbean
Clement T. M. Lambert
Chapter 10
Lessons From Africa
Asangha Muki, Samuel Ntewusu, Moepeola Omoegun, and Berte Van Wyk
Chapter 11
Resources and Next Steps
LaGarrett J. King, Gloria Swindler Boutte, Joyce E. King, George L. Johnson
Appendix A: Dimensions of African American Culture
Appendix B: Ten Principles for Black Education and Socialization
About the Authors
Index
NOTE: Table of Contents subject to change up until publication date.
Reviews & Endorsements:
"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