LibGuides: AFR 243: Africana Youth and Social Justice Activism: Week 5

Week 5:Readings & Activities

Topic: Oppression and the struggle for equity of rights

1. Based on the assigned readings students should analyze how caring relationships, community connections, political consciousness and cultural identity help Black youth resist marginalization and confront inequality. Are there examples in your own life?

2. Read:

Hope, Healing, and Care: Pushing the Boundaries of Civic Engagement for African American Youth; Retrieved from author's (Shawn Ginwright) website.
Racial justice through resistance: Important dimensions of youth development for African Americans; Library licensed resource retrieved from National Civic Review.

Topic: Structural Racism

1. Based on the readings below, identify four features of structural racism? Think of three ways in which structural racism or discrimination has impacted your life.

2. Read:

Critical Race Theory. In C. Kridel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies (Vol. 1, pp. 152-155). Library licensed resource.
“Toward a Structural Racism Framework.” Library licensed resource from Poverty and Race Research Action Council.

3. Activity/Class discussion:

What are some of the policies in effect in your city or state that you think may possess these qualities, which perpetuate structural racism?

What would you do to address these policies?