Full Description
This book pioneers a comprehensive exploration of how Black women educators navigate societal stigmas surrounding their natural hairstyles.
It unveils the complexities of their hair journey and its profound influence on their teaching methodologies. Offering a radical new perspective, this book challenges conventional narratives by centering Black women educators' lived experiences. It highlights their ingenuity in subverting oppressive norms and fostering empowering learning environments for all students. This book is indispensable for educators, researchers, and activists seeking to understand the intricate interplay between identity, education, and agency, particularly within historically marginalized communities.
With its innovative methodology, including Moisturized and Wrapped Healing Circles, this book not only contributes to academic discourse but also serves as a practical guide for fostering inclusive research practices.
Contents
Chapter One
Black Hair Literacy
Patience, Right?
Hairlines and Headlines
Why Black Women
Why Black Hair
Why Black Women Educators
Chapter Two
Black Women in Education: Reclaiming Mind, Body, Spirit, and Humanity
Mind
Body
Spirit
Humanity
Chapter Three
We Are Our Hair
Black Hair (Re)members, (Re)pairs, (Re)stores
Protectin' and the True Cost
Afros and Locs
Chapter Four
To Be Black, Radical, and Free: A Methodology
Wrapped Mentality
Hair Matters
Moisturized and Wrapped Healing Circles
Detangling Traditions One Strand at a Time
Chapter Five
(Re)member Who You Are
Protect the Hair and the Spirit
Healing through Shared Narratives: The Art of Identity
Where Hair and Education Meet
Appendix 5.A: QR Resource, Moisturized + Wrapped H.C. Resource Page
Chapter Six
Secure the Lace
Native Schools, Fugitivity and Protection
Segregated Spaces and Natural Styles
Integrated Spaces and Straight Hair
Chapter Seven
Hair as a Battleground
Colonization of the Body
Disembodied Voyeurism
Post-Traumatic Hair Subversion
Texturized Code-Switching...With Agency
Textured Expressions of Liberation
Chapter Eight
Dead Ends, New Beginnings
Why This Matters
