Engaging and Working with African American Fathers by Latrice S Rollins

Author:Latrice S Rollins [Rollins, Latrice S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367231255
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Practice

CRT begins with the notion that racism is a normal part of American society (Bell, 1995; Ladson-Billings, 1998). CRT asserts racism is so enmeshed in the fabric of American society that it appears normal. CRT has six foundational tenets that include racism is a normal part of American society; CRT expresses skepticism towards dominant legal claims of neutrality, objectivity, colorblindness, and meritocracy; CRT challenges ahistoricism and insists on a contextual/historical analysis of the law; CRT insists on the recognition of the experiential knowledge of people of color; CRT is interdisciplinary and takes into account the intersectionality of various forms of subordination and oppression (e.g., race, class, gender); and CRT works towards the elimination of racial oppression as a part of the larger goal of ending all forms of oppression (Dixson & Rousseau, 2005).

Calmore (as cited in Tate, 1997) stated:

Critical race theory challenges the universality of White experience/judgment as the authoritative standard that binds people of color and normatively measures, directs, controls, and regulates the terms of proper thought, expression, presentation, and behavior. As represented by legal scholars, critical race theory challenges the dominant discourse on race and racism. (pp. 196–197)

According to Ladson-Billings and Tate (1995) “voice,” or naming one’s own reality, is also a theme of CRT. Critical race theorists revere parables, chronicles, stories, counterstories, poetry, fiction, and revisionist histories. CRT departs from mainstream scholarship by focusing on the experiential knowledge of people of color (Ladson-Billings, 1998), and CRT recognizes that the experiential knowledge of people of color is legitimate, appropriate, and critical to understanding race (Solorzano & Yasso, 2001) and how race operates and permutes to affect the lives of people of color (Ladson-Billings & Donnor, 2005). CRT permits researchers to privilege the “voice” of people of color to hear the counterstories of people of color, specifically the counterstories of African American fathers. According to Delgado (1995), counterstories are stories that “counter” or act to deconstruct the dominant or master narrative and present another side to the dominant discourse (Milner IV, 2012; Solorzano & Yasso, 2002; Tate IV, 1997). Counterstories go against the established order and control (Berry III, Thunder, & McClain, 2011). Counterstories are critical of the master narrative and come out of the experiences of individuals from marginalized groups whose voice, perspective, and consciousness have been suppressed and devalued (Bell, 1995; Berry III et al., 2011; Delgado, 1995; Solorzano & Yasso, 2002).

CRT allowed the researcher to partner with African American fathers to hear their counterstories and to utilize their “voice” to understand how African American fathers are involved in their children’s education. CRT also permitted the researcher to collaborate with African American fathers to construct a sense of human agency to support their African American children with academic achievement (Ladson-Billings & Donnor, 2005) for the betterment of society as a whole. These stories and counterstories were obtained by interviewing individuals that self-identify as African American males and as being the father of a school-age child. A narrative method allowed the researcher to obtain detailed stories and counterstories

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