Disrupting Anti-Black Racism in Early Childhood Settings

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.

• 1. Introduction: A Pedagogy of Promise: Disrupting Anti-Black Racism in Early Childhood Settings 2. Using Diverse Children’s Literature to Develop a Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism 3. Racial Vocabulary for Honest Discussions in the white Home: One Family's Experience 4. Pro-Black Pedagogy in Early Years Education: A Personal Narrative of Black Motherhood 5. Dismantling Anti-Black racism in Early Childhood and Care in Ontario, Canada: The ne-cessity of a Pro-Black approach 6. Brilliant, Beautiful Children: Countering Anti-Blackness with Racially Affirming Practices 7. “Don’t Touch my Hair”: Young Children Resisting Anti-Black Racism with Their Classroom Community 8. Racial Fallacies and Erasures: A Critical Anti-Black Racism Analysis of Race and Racism in Early Childhood Education Classrooms in Ontario 9. “Resistance Matters, too”: Re-Theorizing Black Children’s Racial Identity 10. Conclusion - “What’s Next?”: Envisioning the Future of Anti-Racism by Centering the Reali-ties of Black Children