This book: on the power of intergenerational truth-telling as civic democratic practice, was written for high school students.
Many students of color come to college, frustrated, and asking, ‘How come we never learned our histories and stories in high school?’ The histories of Black, Asian American, Latinx, and LGBTQ students are often elided from high school history teaching and in their textbooks, when, our stories are very much imbricated within the fabric of US history.
The contributors to this anthology share some of their personal narratives and elided histories that we hope can be inspirational for students, educators, and families to discuss together. Our hope is for more stories to be told, written, and discussed. Our country needs truth-telling and civic engagement from people of all ages to make our democracy flourish. This anthology is intergenerational, highlighting the importance of mutual and reciprocal learning-we have much to learn from one another.
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Foreword: Andrea Young, Executive Director, ACLU of Ga
Introduction: Hellena Moon
Part One: Theories & Histories of Liberation
Chapter 1: Third World Studies: A Conversation. Gary Okihiro
Chapter 2: Listening to Truths: Democracy & Its Neighbor, Fascism. Hellena Moon
Chapter 3: Are Queers Dangerous? What I Wish I Knew about the Intersections of Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality in High School. Sig/Sara Giordano
Chapter 4: A Politics of Our Time: Reworking Afro-Asian Solidarity in the Wake of George Floyd’s Killing. Yuichiro Onishi
Part Two: Practicing and Sharing Stories of Liberation
Chapter 5: can’t stop, won’t stop: The Tradition of Black Education as the Practice of Freedom. Anthony Downer
Chapter 6: Music, Math, and Malcolm X: My Intellectual Journey of Truth. Douglas Henry Daniels
Chapter 7: Who Am I? Madeleine Moon-Chun
Chapter 8: In the Hour of the Dragon: Nationalism, Feminism, and a Korean American Identity. Elaine Kim
Chapter 9: What I Wish I Had Known When I Was in High School: A Brief Reflection. Ramsay Liem
Chapter 10: My Dearest Ancestors, Children, and Future Generations. Judy Yu
Chapter 11: Why Trying to Fit in Is the Problem, Moon-Ho Jung
Chapter 12: Liberation Through Identity: We Are Lucky to Be Free. Takeru Nagayoshi
Part Three: Generational Stories, Conversations, and Healing Traumas
Chapter 13: Ebony in the Ivory Tower. Adia Butler and Lee H. Butler
Chapter 14: Creative Expressions: An Interview Between a Teenager and His Mom. Lahronda Little and Kyle Little
Chapter 15: ‘Centering’ Yourself Before You Log On: Black Girls and Self-Care in the World of Social Media. Danielle Buhuro & Christal Bell
Part Four: Leadership, Moral Brilliance, and Community Engaged Learning
Chapter 16: Two Leaders Who Are Students of Relationships: A Conversation. Lori Klein and Jonathan Klein
Chapter 17: How Do We Teach Moral Brilliance? Nathan Reddy and Nadinne Cruz
Chapter 18: Fighting Racism with Solidarity: #knowyour BIPOChistory. Akemi Kochiyama
Chapter 19: Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Living at Full Volume. Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Chapter 20: Teh Bà Ta Hkèh Poo: Sharing Stories. Nathan Reddy, Eh Tha Yooi, and Hserkaw Ler
Chapter 21: Out Here: Writing with the Unhoused. Christie Towers
Part Five: Fictions as Truth-Telling
Chapter 22: Walter Mc Millian: Defeating the Powerful Hands of Death. Madeleine Moon-Chun
Chapter 23: Life in a Three-Day Loop. Leenah Safi
Chapter 24: Dreams That Hold Power. Madeleine Moon-Chun
Afterword: Teaching and Learning Through Konbit. Cécile Accilien