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The overarching framework and discussion of the liberal or “late liberal” made me think a lot about our current political situation, with Black voters largely winning Joe Biden his white house seat while he now has done little to nothing … Continue reading →

Shange’s description of a Spanish class with a teacher who knows all of the techniques and strategies to create a classroom environment that is anti anti-Black is something that stuck out to me from the readings this week. I would … Continue reading →

I found the Bernard reading to be very interesting in terms of methods. The activities of listing things in a category and picking one option out of three do not seem to mean much but researchers have been able to … Continue reading →

I’m most interested in Shange’s thoughts on neoliberalism and carceral progressivism, I believe they can be complemented well by French marxist philosopher Guy Debord’s concept of recuperation. Shange discusses how liberal logics inform the aims of progressivism to uphold democracy … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed reading Shang’s work, but what stuck out most to me was the structure she used to write about her experience in the Spanish classroom in chapter 3. Like other ethnographies we have read so far, she gave … Continue reading →

The two readings were very informative in a way that I did not know how evident the school-to-prison pipeline is. I went to an all-black high school where we did not have the same opportunities as our counterparts in other … Continue reading →

I found Shang’s discussion of the tangle of complexities between education and incarceration very interesting and illuminating. I agree with Robeson in opposing the pipeline framework or “direct trajectory” (102) between the two, and was very engaged with Shang’s elaboration … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed this week’s reading, especially the DL reading. I thought that the introduction/chapter one was extremely thought provoking and I also enjoyed the observations and interviews that were a part of chapter three. Shange begins the book with … Continue reading →

One of the things I found most interesting about Shange’s writing was the style in which she wrote – By using colloquial language, I think it is easier for the audience to understand her intended message. In the last discussion, … Continue reading →

Throughout Chapters 1 and 3, Shange dives into the central idea of a Progressive Dystopia, and aims to analyze how widespread sentiments of anti-Blackness affect progressivism on an educational level. To do this, Shange makes use of the Robeson Justice … Continue reading →

Dr. Shange’s focus on the theme of carceral progressivism in the school system was provocative and very timely. Dr. Shange defines carceral progressivism as the paradoxical dynamic in which social reform practices, particularly those that target inequities in communities of … Continue reading →

This reading carries a lot of similarities to our previous ethnographic readings (choosing a specific situation/ incidence to zoom in and then apply several theoretical lenses to analyze it). The text also resembles the Tsing and Exceptional Violence readings by … Continue reading →

Reading Shange’s chapter was especially fascinating not only for the focus of her research but for the way in which she wrote. She incorporates words that would be classified as informal (or not approved by high school English teachers in … Continue reading →

One of the things that stuck out the most to me from this reading was the process that Jacks Hill underwent from being a relatively safe and peaceful area of Jamaica to then becoming one where violence was common. Most … Continue reading →

I think this reading really highlighted the concept of scale that we discussed in class last week. Thomas seems to be tackling many layers including but not limited to: violence, culture, community, and political structure. It seems as if the … Continue reading →