Anti-Racism in Early Childhood Education

Kerry-Ann Escayg is an associate professor of early childhood education at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Flóra Faragó is an associate professor in human development and family studies at Stephen F. Austin State University.Terry Husband is a professor of early childhood literacy at Illinois State University.

• ContentsForeword Nathaniel Bryan  ixIntroduction: An Urgent Call for Anti-Racism in Early Childhood Education  1Kerry-Ann Escayg, Flóra Faragó, and Terry HusbandPART I: RESISTING WHITENESS AND IMPLEMENTING ANTI-RACISM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION1.  Disrupting Whiteness Through an Early Childhood Teacher Educator Critical Community of Practice (CCoP)  19Azaria Cunningham, Allison Sterling Henward, Michelle N. Brown, and Quiana M. Jackson2.  Using Anti-Racist Pedagogy in EC Teacher Preparation Programs  31Oona Fontanella-Nothom, Amanda M. Welch, and Juliette M. Lahey3.  Empowering Narratives of Black and Brown ECE Educators  45Dannaé L. Orisamolade and Crystal M. Timmons4.  Recognizing the Contributions of Black Women and Amplifying Their Voices to Transform Early Childhood Education  55Dannaé L. Orisamolade5.  Anti-Racist Approaches to Early Childhood Education Program Evaluation  63Caroline F. D. BlackPART II: ANTI-RACISM VIA CURRICULA: BOOKS AND LITERACY PRACTICES6.  Confronting Race and Representation in Early Childhood Education  77Tara Kirton and La Toya C. K. Caton7.  Resisting Curriculum Erasure: A Child-Initiated Advocacy Project for Asian American Bilingual Picture Books  89Alisha Nguyen8.  Unveiling Whiteness in Early Childhood Education: Exploring Student-Created Children’s Books  103Kimberly L. Davidson9.  Centering Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Early Years Literacy in the Ontario Public Education System  115Hardeep Shergill10.  Reimagining Curriculum as Homeplace: A Case for Africentricity in Pre-Kindergarten  131Karen Murray, Rukiya Mohamed, and Stephanie FearonPART III: ANTI-RACIST PEDAGOGY: REIMAGINING DISCIPLINE PRACTICES11.  Assessing the Impact of Whiteness in Shaping Discipline and Liberatory Pedagogy in Early Care and Education Settings  151Elizabeth Fajemirokun, Magdalen Deschane, Nina Smith, Wynetta Y. Lee, and Royel M. Johnson12.  Creating a Blueprint for Eliminating Suspensions, Expulsions, and Exclusions in Early Care and Education in North Carolina and Beyond  161Sherrell Hicklen House, Valerie Jarvis McMillan, Nina Smith, Jennifer Mendoza Beasley, Megan Vinh, and Brenda K. Williamson13.  “I Want Them to Know . . .”: A Black Mother’s Poetic Resistance to Preschool Pushout  171Shannon W. Martin Dantzler14.  Resistance to White Supremacy and the Struggle to Foster Black Joy in the (Early) Education of Black Girls  179Jamie L. Palmer-AsemotaPART IV: LOVING BLACKNESS: RACIAL PRIDE AND RESISTANCE15.  Using Digital Images to Foster Resistance in Early Childhood Classrooms  193Nakisha Whittington16.  An Autoethnographic Afrofuturist Experience of Dance Education  203Quiana M. Jackson17.  Young Children’s Interrogation of White School Spaces  209Hafizat Sanni-AnibirePART V: ANTI-RACIST PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT18.  A Black Mother’s Love Letter to Navigating Whiteness in Early Childhood Education  223Prilly Bicknell-Hersco19.  Help That Is Stressful to Black Mothers  231Amittia Parker20.  A Light Through the “Fog of Whiteness”: Bridging Anti-Racist Early Childhood Education With Anti-Racist Parenting  239Kendall Aroldo Lee BrownEndnotes  255Index  257About the Editors and Contributors  267