The Rebirth: Can We Live?. (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beachum, Floyd D.; Watson, Terri N.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cases in educational leadership. Volume 20:Number 2(2017:Jun.)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: critical race theory -- leadership -- social justice -- race; Educational leadership -- Periodicals; Educational leadership -- Research -- Periodicals; 371.2011
• DOI: 10.1177/1555458916685747
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-4589

Abstract

Nathaniel Stone, the principal of Lakeshore Community High School, was summoned to a meeting in the city. The gathering included more than a dozen influential leaders. The conversation that unfolded was, literally, unreal. Mr. Smith, a government official of sorts, called for the destruction of a social movement that was having a positive effect on the academic achievement and life chances of Black and Hispanic youth throughout the country. This narrative is constructed in the spirit of Derrick Bell's chronicles and acknowledges the systemic nature of racism, its presence in the nation's public schools, and its aim to disenfranchise people of color. Furthermore, it is intended to make this reality palpable to aspiring school leaders and to thwart color-blind school leadership.