We Are Still Here

Declarations of Love and Sovereignty in Black Life Under Siege

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8923922
AutoresC B Dillard (0000-0003-0952-7792, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas201-215
Fecha de publicación2016-05-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2016.1169737
OpenAlexW2373689015
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas13

Since our brutal arrival on America's shores through the transatlantic slave trade, Black people have understood and experienced constant and continual oppression, in the US context and around the globe. The recent deaths of unarmed Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland at the hands of the police are flashpoints and exemplars of such hatred—and the call of Black lives matter a resistant declaration of love, an act of sovereignty in a time of siege. In this article, I explore how, in Black history and contemporary times of escalating violence against our bodies, minds, and spirits worldwide, Blacks in diaspora and on the continent are still here. Utilizing three stories of Black women's powerful declarations of love and sovereignty (that is how Black women's lives matter) moves us toward a place where all lives matter. For those in educational studies who seek to center our work in spaces that embody and produce diversity, equity, and justice, recognizing and truly hearing these declarations of love and sovereignty, that is how Black women's lives matter, moves us toward a place where all lives matter

Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Siege · Sociology · Sovereignty · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society