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Owner: Susan Jean Mayer
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Paper Title: The Challenges of Human Difference and the Resources of Black Pragmatism (Poster 22)
Session Title: Dewey Poster Session
Paper Type: Poster Presentation
Presentation Date: 4/25/2022
Presentation Location: San Diego, California
Descriptors: African-American Education, Democratic Practices, Equity
Methodology: Conceptual/Theoretical
Author(s): Susan Jean Mayer, Critical Exploration Press
Unit: SIG-Dewey Studies
Abstract: During Dewey’s lifetime and since, Black pragmatists have grappled with the barriers that White supremacism has posed to realizing Dewey’s democratic vision for this country. The resources they have provided can inform the work of educators who are seeking today to create more equitable pedagogical cultures and relationships. I begin here with an exploration of the contributions of Alain Locke and Eddie Glaude, both of whom have drawn on Dewey and James in different ways in order to advance the practical work of seeing the world differently and of acting to make needed change. In their frank engagements with the dark realities Dewey avoided, Locke and Glaude impart a renewed sense of relevance to the work of our earliest pragmatists.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1892484