Contents
Preface: Dignity at the Forefront vii
Acknowledgments xi
1. I Am, We Are Somebodies: An Introduction to the Idea of Dignity 1
Decoteau J. Irby
Part I: IMAGINING AND ORGANIZING DIGNITY-AFFIRMING SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2. The Radical Affirmation of Dignity: Septima Clark, Ella Baker, and Educating the Disenfranchised 23
Charity Anderson and Charles M. Payne
3. Contradictions and the Dignity of Resistance: Truth and Reckoning at a Social Justice School 42
Daniel Morales-Doyle and David Stovall
4. Breathing Dignity Into a Community College Success Course 59
Jacqueline Robinson
Part II: DIGNITY-AFFIRMING EXPERIENCES
5. ÒYou?re Gonna Get Respected, Listened to, and Your Opinion Will Be RespectedÓ: Dignity Affirmation in the Clemente Course in the Humanities 81
Charity Anderson
6. Power Lifting: Being Somebody, Becoming Significant 96
Eric K. Grimes/Brother Shomari
7. "Teachers Don?t Like Me Because You Have to Earn My Respect": Deference and Dignity in the Classroom 111
Crystal V. Breedlove
8. "The Protests Made Me Feel So Proud of Us": Racial Literacies and Bearing Witness to the Movement for Black Lives 128
Samuel Finesurrey, Arnaldo Rodriguez, Alondra Contreras, Aidan Lam, and Michelle Fine, with the S2 Alumni Research Collective: Joel Almonte, Nathan Boissier, Samantha Bruno, Noah Campbell, Noel Columna, Ashley Cruz, Jesslin Hiraldo, Mya Laporte, Brandon Mendoza, Naomi Pabon, Sheylany Paulino, Ariana Pe?a Ram?rez, Lauren Santos, Siarra Savinon, and Alyssa Victoria
9. Subverting Invisibility: Connectivity as Dignity-Affirming Pedagogy 143
Manali J. Sheth and Ayako Takamori
Part III: DIGNITY-AFFIRMING SOCIAL AND EDUCATION POLICY
10. Threaten to Close?: Alternative Schools of Dignity, Recognition, and Transformation Under Constant Neoliberal Assault 163
Mica Baum-Tuccillo, Varnica Arora, Evin Orfila, Christyl Rodriguez, and Michelle Fine
11. "It?s Powerful. There?s Nothing Punitive About It; You?re Just Listening": Restorative Justice as a Dignity-Affirming Practice 182
Elisabeth H. Kim and Priscilla Wohlstetter
12. Taking Pride in Our Languages, Taking Pride in Ourselves: Dual Language Education as Dignity-Affirming Spaces for Latinx Communities 200
Ramona Alcal? and P. Zitlali Morales
Conclusion: Centering Dignity 219
Charity Anderson, Charles M. Payne, and Decoteau J. Irby
Notes 227
Index 229
About the Editors and the Contributors 239
