Pieces of My Soul”
A Humanistic Approach to Teaching Black-Identified Students about Race and Anti-Blackness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11062779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie D Sears (University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-147 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0092055x241233884 |
| OpenAlex | W4392369439 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This teaching note reviews a four-part discussion post assignment that asks Black-identified students enrolled in a class connected to a Black living-learning community to make sociological and personal connections to concepts related to race, anti-Blackness, and institutional racism in Yaa Gyasi’s novel Homegoing. Reflecting on their posts, I share how using literary fiction in the classroom can support students’ development of a sociological imagination grounded in history’s missing voices and an intersectional and structural understanding of race and racism. Moreover, by making connections between the characters, their peers, and their own lives and sharing these connections via their discussion posts, students create a space of collective vulnerability where they can reflect simultaneously upon the dehumanizing aspects of anti-Blackness and assert their individual and collective humanity in the face of this oppressive force
Aesthetics · Critical race theory · Epistemology · Higher education · Humanism · Pedagogy · Race (biology · Racial bias · Racism · Sociology · Soul · Teaching method · Theology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Gender Studies · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |