ABSTRACT

Minoritized communities have long engaged in collective resistance against racism and other forms of injustice in schools. In this article, we highlight the discursive strategies of one such case of resistance during official public comments in a series of school board meetings over nine months. Specifically, we identify how community advocates used metaphors, counter-storytelling, and rhetorical questioning to speak out against racism directed largely at Black students in a majority white school district in the US Southwest. We conclude with implications for other communities to consider these strategies in their own resistance and for educators to take seriously the discourse of minoritized communities.

摘要

长期以来，少数群体社区一直在集体抵制学校中的种族主义和其他形式的不公正现象。在这篇文章中，我们在九个月的一系列学校董事会会议的官方公众评论中强调了一个这样的抵抗案例的话语策略。具体来说，我们确定了社区倡导者如何使用隐喻、反故事和反问来反对主要针对美国西南部白人占多数的学区的黑人学生的种族主义。我们总结了对其他社区在他们自己的抵抗中考虑这些策略以及教育者认真对待少数群体的话语的影响。