ABSTRACT

Focusing on moments in the English classroom imbued with affective forces that produce racial differentiation is central to the support of classrooms addressing race and racism. This work focuses on an event in an English classroom where race was constructed in ways that disrupted not only silence but habitual ways of social differentiation. Through an analysis of two student’s responses to an image of Basquiat, I make the case for how affect as a constellation of language, power, bodies, and historical, cultural, social and political norms and conventions informed each students’ response. I also address how affective encounters can prime teachers for future discussions and activities that also/further disrupt ideologies of race.

摘要

关注英语课堂中充满产生种族差异的情感力量的时刻，对于支持解决种族和种族主义问题的课堂至关重要。这项工作的重点是英语课堂上的一个事件，其中种族的构建方式不仅破坏了沉默，而且破坏了社会分化的习惯方式。通过对两名学生对巴斯奎特形象的反应的分析，我提出了影响作为语言、权力、身体以及历史、文化、社会和政治规范和惯例的星座如何影响每个学生的反应的案例。我还讨论了情感遭遇如何为未来的讨论和活动提供指导，这些讨论和活动也/进一步破坏了种族意识形态。