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Transformational Resistance and Developing a Critical Consiousness for Students in Their Early Stages of Schooling and Beyond Map of Racial Oppression and Student Movements Across the United States From 1954-2016 This map serves to document the racial oppression of black students of all different educational levels, as well as student movements across the United States. Please click on a landmark and read the description of what took place in that location. For more information on these events, at the end of the brief description where it says "read more" guides you to the section on the website where there is a longer description of that event.

About

This website serves as a multi-media educational platform for black students from the early stages of their schooling (i.e. kindergarten) through college , to learn about racial discrimination in schools, and student movements that have practiced transformational resistance in order to stop racial oppression. The website is broken up into stages of schooling (i.e. elementary school, middle school, high school and college) so that students of all different educational levels are able to understand what racial oppression looks like in their level of schooling. If they think that they are being mistreated in their schools, the examples of other students who have been discriminated against could allow for these students to first categorize their own experiences as a result of racial oppression, link their experiences to the examples shown on this website, and then learn from examples of student movements or suggestions offered on this website to help students combat racial oppression in their own schools.

What is Transformational Resistance?
The term Transformational Resistance in the Critical Race Theory of Education framework, was first created by Latino Critical Race theorists that were interested in addressing the difference in education of Chicano/Chicana students. However, the components of this theory can and should be applied to the education of black students. Practicing transformational resistance, would be to create a social justice agenda in schools that eliminate systems of oppression such as racism, sexism, and classism and encourages other minority students to get involved in ending these systems of oppression that are demonstrated in their schools. While also promoting that the narratives of black students be heard and validated by the school's faculty, administration, staff and other students. Transformational resistance challenges narratives of administration that suggest that all students are educated and socialized the same despite their racial, gender, and other identities, and creates a platform where students are able to share their experiences, and demand change through practices that transform the culture of the school to recognize and support disenfranchised students.

This website aims to link the experiences of black students of all different educational levels around the United States in an attempt to encourage black students to transform school systems into safe, welcoming, and productive learning environments for all black students.

About the Creator,

Emma Cones is a 21 y/o Senior Critical Theory Social Justice Major at Occidental College
who is interested in helping black youth understand how to organize and practice resistance.
Her last project was documenting the experiences of black students ages 18-25 that attended
predominantly white private high schools. You will most definitely be seeing more from her!

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