‘Stop Beating Around the Bush and Get to the Root!’ An Examination of How Racist and Classist Structures Produce ‘At-Riskness’ for Poor Students of Color
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Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Epic Empowerment Enterprises
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Location
Harborside Center West
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
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Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
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Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
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Brief Program Description
It is no mystery that statistics related to school failure, suspension rates, dropout rates and other indicators used to identify youth-at-risk reveal that poor students of color are disproportionately represented. In spite of legislation, school reforms, and intervention programs, these statistics remain the same, or worsen, year after year. This is due to a reluctance to address the root of the problem.
How can we truly remedy the epidemic of “youth-at-risk” if we do not recognize, critique, and dismantle the systemic classist and racist structures that perpetuate “at-riskness” for poor students of color? In this session, we will examine the forces that reproduce inequities and discuss strategies for empowering ourselves, our students, schools and organizations to be champions for social justice.
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Biographical Sketch
Chief Operations Officer
Presentation Year
2018
Start Date
3-5-2018 10:30 AM
End Date
3-5-2018 11:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Outler, Anthony, "‘Stop Beating Around the Bush and Get to the Root!’ An Examination of How Racist and Classist Structures Produce ‘At-Riskness’ for Poor Students of Color" (2018). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 144.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2018/2018/144
‘Stop Beating Around the Bush and Get to the Root!’ An Examination of How Racist and Classist Structures Produce ‘At-Riskness’ for Poor Students of Color
Harborside Center West
It is no mystery that statistics related to school failure, suspension rates, dropout rates and other indicators used to identify youth-at-risk reveal that poor students of color are disproportionately represented. In spite of legislation, school reforms, and intervention programs, these statistics remain the same, or worsen, year after year. This is due to a reluctance to address the root of the problem.
How can we truly remedy the epidemic of “youth-at-risk” if we do not recognize, critique, and dismantle the systemic classist and racist structures that perpetuate “at-riskness” for poor students of color? In this session, we will examine the forces that reproduce inequities and discuss strategies for empowering ourselves, our students, schools and organizations to be champions for social justice.
