The 'absent Black father' metaphor

Analyzing education's pathological pursuit of Black male surrogates

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2925013
AutoresDaniel J Thomas (0000-0001-7332-4776, Texas A&M University, autor de correspondencia), Matthew W Johnson (0000-0002-3741-6312, Texas A&M University), Anthony L Brown (0000-0003-3108-1248, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA)
Año2024
Volumen45
Número2
Páginas256-273
Fecha de publicación2024-03-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2024.2309580
OpenAlexW4392004666
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas51

In this paper, we utilize the concepts of racial knowledge and subjective understanding to demonstrate how the metaphor of surrogacy encodes a racialized discourse via the epistemic authority of social science research. Taken together, we demonstrate how the pervasive use of surrogacy as a metaphor reflects the subjective understanding of Black male teachers produced through the racial knowledge of social science discourse. We argue that the metaphor of surrogacy has become so unquestioningly ubiquitous throughout education and popular culture that it has become the default conceptual framework regarding all reforms for Black young men and boys

Conceptual metaphor · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Metaphor · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Philosophy