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alyssalyons1 — 2023-09-26 18:07:27 UTC

How does Frank B. Wilderson define and understand anti-blackness? How can we use anti-blackness as a theory to better understand racial inequality in education according to our readings?

Veronica Estefany

2023-11-08 16:31:09 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson III talks about anti-blackness as a very deep and harmful form of racism. He says it's not just about people being mean to Black individuals, but it's built into our society. It means that Black people often face unfair treatment because of their skin color.

When we use anti-blackness as a theory to understand racial inequality in education, it helps us see how this unfair treatment shows up in schools:

Unequal Access: Black students might not have the same chances for a good education because the system doesn't value them as much.
Discrimination: Black students might be treated unfairly because of their skin color, leading to worse outcomes in school.
Stereotypes: Negative beliefs about Black people can affect how teachers and peers treat them in school.
Lack of Black Role Models: There are often fewer Black teachers and leaders in schools, which is connected to this problem.
Misrepresentation: Black history and achievements might not be taught properly in schools, which can keep people ignorant and biased.

Using the idea of anti-blackness helps us see that racial inequality in education is deeply rooted in society and not just individual incidents of unfairness. This way, we can work to fix the bigger problems that Black students and educators face in education.

Donell Moss- 10 Last Prompt

2023-11-16 00:25:27 UTC

Frank B. Wilkerson defines and understand Anti-blackness, Antiblackness investigates the ways in which the dehumanization of Black people has been foundational to the establishment of modernity. Drawing on Black feminism, Afro-pessimism, and critical race theory, the book's contributors trace forms of antiblackness across time and space, we can use anti-blackness as a theory to understand the school system of gender and racism. black people always get treated unequally. later on throughout the years, we do see the unfair treatment in different schools. public and charter schools, any stereotypes within educational fields show that girls' fav color is pink but boys' color is blue. its based on the social norm of how we are labeled before being born into this world, black people don't have as much access to education as other cultures. a lot of black people don't have the same chances as other cultures, black people history ha been washed and erased due to years of slavery and even years of grief and blood. within of schools in the northern hemisphere, schools don't teach black people about their history that much but on the Western Hemisphere like down south, they are socially incline of teaching black people history within themselves.

Antiblackness Padlet 10 - Justin Briones

2023-11-19 02:25:51 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson describes anti-blackness as a racism that has both been within society from its creation, but also maintains itself by those of other ethnicities as seeing those within the black community as lesser than human. It shows that world is not only unethical but calls for a need to be undone. From what the author states, "The Black or Slave is not a category of human." This what he bases on how society sees those within the black community at large through the interpretation of racial superiority. To use anti-blackness to see inequality of education you have to consider the following:

Funding: The schools of predominantly black neighborhoods with a lower income are the first to feel the effects of education inequality. Despite so-called government assistance, these institutions continue to have difficulties either maintaining educational standards, but also keeping the school open.
Police presence: An overabundance of police officers regulates these neighborhoods compared to those in suburban communities. They further marginalize students of color, by their presence. Treating the students as criminals instead of what they really are, students.
Stereotyping: Because of how society views people of color, there is a misconception that a person of color is up to no-good. This further reinstates how instead of looking at the individual as a whole, they instead see the individual as less compared to them. This is based off the color of skin.

Kevin Casado #10

2023-11-20 14:33:51 UTC

When the phrase anti-blackness is presented, many people would associate it with acts of racism that we see on TV and the media such as police brutality. Although we have grown accustomed to the racism as well as the long history of violence against black people, that is just the surface level of anti-blackness. According to Frank B. Wilderson III, anti-blackness is the systematic oppression of black people. This systematic oppression exists through the many different institutions that help run America. However they are purposely constructed in ways that contribute to the "social death" that black people experience in America. Wilderson feels like anti blackness is used to make black people lesser in social standings.

Anti-blackness as a theory has many implications on education. When we look at how districts are set up specifically in NYC, most of the resources and money raised by the PTA are heavily distributed in districts such as district 2, yet a district such as district 5 are lacking in resources. It is set up like this because of how the districts coincide with the communities they serve. Since district 5 serves the majority of Uptown Harlem where the majority of the students are black and of black descent, their schools are not up to par. The schools lack funding, resources to help families and students as well as teachers who have less experience. I currently work in a district 2 school and the school provides all the students with the materials they need every year such as books and pencils. Which makes no sense because 90% of the students in this school's families live well above the means to be able to afford the proper school supplies for their kids, yet in the school where the families need help they are forced to have to buy their own supplies and ridiculed if they can not.

Ana Maria Morel Diallo

2023-11-25 14:01:23 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson defines and understands anti-blackness by calling it afropessimism which describes how anti-blackness is necessary for world-making at every level of abstraction. It theorizes blackness as both external to white civil society and necessary for its functioning and maintenance. We can use anti-blackness as a theory to better understand racial inequality in education according to our readings by creating positive movements that are going to been see throughout the world for it to make change. Have to make it personal enough for you to have others join you to carry it on to make others see that it's not okay for a person to feel like they are being outcast-ed.

Nicole Carter-Antiblackness

2023-11-26 08:16:45 UTC

Frank Wilderson defines and understood Antiblackness to me as an experience of racism and slavery. Black community treated like something else other than human like. Blacks were not humanity. They were not included as all, nor were they treated the same. We can use anti blackness as a theory to better understand racial inequality in education according to our readings by looking at the resource that are provided or not provided for people of color or with cultural barriers. Also, the way they have been teaching them how to learn, by not meeting cultural expectations. The types of stereotypes that have been put in play because of race. Just putting them in a bubble defined to themselves by their selves by not allowing to know more historically.

Teiranni Roberts

2023-11-27 22:59:13 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson defines and understands antiblackness as pure racism. He strongly felt that even though black people are everywhere integral, they are always excluded, treated unfairly, and treated like objects instead of humans, simply for being black. We can use antiblackness as a theory to better understand racial inequality in education.

We can start with the teacher bias. Any anti black sentiments the teachers may have can impact the student's academic engagement.

We can also add the lack of resources in schools that black and brown students attend, that come from low income families.

Discrimination in disciplinary actions that take place in schools where black students are more than likely to experience harsher disciplinary measures than their white peers.

Eliana Martinez Padlet 10

2023-12-19 06:35:19 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson touches on Anti-Blackness in a way that depicts how deeply it is incorporated into our society. It is a more developed version of racism that is not always as explicit as it once one, yet seems to be present in many institutions including schools. We can use the definition of Anti-blackness to understand racial inequalirty in education becuase it is important to acknowledge and educate people on why certain institutions are built the way they are, and who they are really built for. The school-to-prison pipeline is a perfect example of anti-blackness in the education system. There is a lack of compassion and a predetermined notion about what the educational experience will be for Black students. This infiltrates our society so deeply that it causes even Black teachers and administrators to often continue to perpetuate these detrimental policies.

Padlet 10- Nicole Alvarado

nicolealvarado2002 — 2023-12-20 01:10:46 UTC

Frank Wilderson defines Afropessimism as a system in which African-Americans inherit the oppressive forces against them. Essentially, the perspective Whites had during slavery is inescapable to POC. Wilderson explains it as the spectacle of the Black Death, which degrades Black individuals and their integrity to society. There is an alignment between his theory and Du Bois' concept of the veil. It symbolizes an invisible separation line that prevents White individuals from sympathizing and viewing Blacks as fully human. Contemporarily, segments of society actively immobilize POC from encountering the fruition of a democracy. There are prominent systemic and structural forms of racism that interconnect. For instance, the economy and education. Black individuals live in marginalized communities due to redlining. As a result, they are subject to receiving a poor-quality education which forces them into a stratified social class. Another example is seen through healthcare. In the article, “From Katrina to Maria: Disaster Capitalism’s Playbook for School Reform,” the capitalist tendency of the government to disregard the urgency of minorities, they disabled welfare in times of need. Additionally, these areas that have been redlined are subject to pollution. Minorities have a high rate of asthma and cardiac illnesses in the population. The article relates to Afropessism because it demonstrates the government dehumanizing Black/Hispanic people and neglecting their demands.

Samantha Dennehy

sdennehy1797 — 2023-12-20 01:12:09 UTC

Wilderson defines antiblackness as a form of violence that makes a person's blackness and a threat alone. Antiblackness is present in schools and we can see it based on how black children are treated in schools. Antiblackness creates racial inequality, placing white children above black children. Black students are often more likely to be suspended or expelled, leading them directly to the school to prison pipeline.

Cecilia Guzman Martinez

2023-12-22 02:39:41 UTC

Wildersan talks about the fact that if blacks stand together and fight as one, they will be herd and better understood about what they want and need from society. Stating that if blacks are alone they will always be slaves and not seen as human beings in this society. That's something that is vey true for any minority group in today's society, we have to make people see the problems and struggles that people of color face in a society created by white men. That effects the way kids are tough in school systems. The materials that they are tough are based on the history of the USA but they don't incorporate history of how America stole land and stole the identity and culture of many Indigenous people and land from Mexico and that's how American got their wealth. Racial inequality is something that people face in school and in today's society based on the color of your skin you are judges and stereotypes are put on you based on your looks alone or your actions.

Estefania Rodriguez Padlet #10

estefrodriguez19 — 2023-12-22 03:27:31 UTC

Frank B Wildreson's explains Anti- Blackness as the dehumanization and depiction of race. He explains how their is always a division based on your color. For instance in education, we see the anti-blackness because low income communities are one of the most affected due to the fact that these are communities that are predominately black. Then their funds get affected and the cycle of not making through continues within generations.

Cristal Perez: Antiblackness

cristalaperez — 2023-12-22 13:34:27 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson defines and understands anti blackness as something that is dangerous. Antiblackness produces violence not only racism, but it is rooted in our society. Antiblackness is present in many structures of our society, and we often see it in places that shouldn't even have racial discriminations. We can use antiblack as a theory to better understand education by targeting authorities in schools. People with power in the school system continue to allow antiblackness in the educational system to still go around. Many of these kids in these schools go through discriminations, bias and even stereotypes. This is important when thinking and discussing who gets in trouble in the classroom and how is antiblackness present.

Monay Butler

2023-12-23 21:29:52 UTC

Frank B. Wilderson defines anti-blackness as a structure of racism and dehumanization of black people through violence and exploitation. In using anti-blackness as a theory to better understand racial inequality in education, we explore anti-blackness through policies and curriculum that exclude black students.This includes unequal funding and resources in schools that are in predominately communities. This also includes disciplinary practices that target black students and the lack of black history in the curriculum.