1st Edition
Disrupting Anti-Black Racism in Early Childhood Settings A Pedagogy of Promise
Chapter 1 - Disrupting Anti-Black Racism in Early Childhood Settings: A Pedagogy of Promise - Beverly-Jean M. Daniel and Kerry-Ann Escayg
Chapter 2 - Using Diverse Children’s Literature to Develop a Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism - Terry Husband, Irena Walker, and Andrea Jamison
Chapter 3 - Racial Vocabulary for Honest Discussions in the White Home: One Family's Experience - Rhianna Thomas
Chapter 4 - Pro-Black Pedagogy in Early Years Education: A Personal Narrative of Black Motherhood - Prilly Bicknell-Hersco
Chapter 5 - Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Early Childhood and Care in Ontario, Canada: The Necessity of a Pro-Black Approach - Janelle Brady and Rachel Berman
Chapter 6 - Brilliant, Beautiful Children: Countering Anti-Blackness with Racially Affirming Practices - Aisha White
Chapter 7 - “Don’t Touch my Hair”: Young Children Resisting Anti-Black Racism with Their Classroom Community - Anna Falkner
Chapter 8 - Racial Fallacies and Erasures: A Critical Anti-Black Racism Analysis of Race and Racism in Early Childhood Education Classrooms in Ontario - Beverly-Jean M. Daniel and Kerry-Ann Escayg
Chapter 9 - “Resistance Matters, too”: Re-Theorizing Black Children’s Racial Identity - Kerry-Ann Escayg
Chapter 10 - Conclusion—“What’s Next?”: Envisioning the Future of Anti-Racism by Centering the Realities of Black Children - Kerry-Ann Escayg
Biography
Kerry-Ann Escayg is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research focuses on anti-racism in early childhood education, children and race, racial socialization, racial identity development of Black children, and qualitative research with young children. Dr. Escayg is the co-author of three books and has published extensively on the defining elements of anti-racism in ECE, pedagogical strategies to affirm Black children's racial identity, and young children's racial awareness.
Beverly-Jean M. Daniel is Associate Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at Toronto Metropolitan University. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology and equity studies in education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from York University. Dr. Daniel has over 25 years of experience across various sectors, including education, justice, and community organizations.
