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SUBVERTING STATE VIOLENCE 35
W.E.B. Du Bois famously used the term double-consciousness to describe the feeling of
his identity being segmented into different parts, thereby causing disharmony (Du Bois,
1903/2007). This tendency to view oneself through others’ eyes depicts Du Bois’ experience of
living as a Black American. Fanon recognizes this double consciousness as a problem for victims
of colonialism, but advocated for the radical solution of transcendental ‘conscienciser’ as part of
the remedy in the struggle for liberation.
Freire’s adoption of Fanon’s ‘conscienciser’ appears in Pedagogy of the Oppressed as the
Portugese term ‘conscientização’, or the process to raise somebody’s awareness (Kress & Lake,
2013). Freire (1970) states:
Conscientization refers to the process in which men, not as recipients, but as
knowing subjects, achieve a deepening awareness both of the socio-cultural
reality which shapes their lives and of their capacity to transform that reality
(p.27).
Freire cautions that one should not simply view critical consciousness as an increase in
awareness. Once we realize we are oppressed, we are then obligated to liberate ourselves from
the circumstances of oppression. If this was to merely happen in our minds, the structures would
still continue. Freire distinguishes that critical consciousness is a foundational component of a
process that requires historical commitment to make changes and engage in critical action to
transform the circumstances that cause oppression (Kress & Lake, 2013).
Gloria Anzaldúa
Anzaldúa also wrestled with the double-consciousness she witnessed plaguing mestizas.
Advocating for a “new consciousness” she envisioned mestizas creating new selves and
envisioning the world in a different way (Anzaldúa, 1987). Anzaldua frames the acts of
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| Title | Subverting state violence through the art of hood politics: an exploratory study of Black and Latinx students' critical consciousness and political efficacy |
| Author | Rodgers, Kenneth W., Jr. |
| Author email | kwrodger@usc.edu;kenneth.rodgersjr@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Educational Leadership |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2020-06-25 |
| Date submitted | 2020-08-07 |
| Date approved | 2020-08-08 |
| Restricted until | 2020-08-08 |
| Date published | 2020-08-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Davis, Charles H.F., III |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hancock Alfaro, Ange-Marie Green, Alan |
| Abstract | This qualitative study examines the experiences of Black and Latinx youth, the relationship between their critical consciousness development and political efficacy, and their continual subversion of state violence. The academic literature has predominately focused on critical consciousness solely as theorized by Freire and is often interpreted through neoliberal entities and paradigms, thereby minimizing its socialist, anti-colonial, anti-capitalist theoretical origin. The literature has also gauged political efficacy primarily through traditional metrics of civic engagement and voting that do not traditionally account for varying displays of organizing, activism, intentional non-voting, and other forms of resistance. The study investigated systems of power that converge to shape formal and informal educational experiences of the participants and capture the ways that they developed their critical consciousness and political attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs. As a result of 8 in-depth interviews and analyses of Black and Latinx youth (ages 17-19), snapshots emerged that allowed participants to foreground their experiences and construct meaning making of their worldviews. The findings of the study reveal the complex nature of critical consciousness development for Black and Latinx youth and serve as a model for utilizing critical consciousness and political efficacy as essential frameworks for future study and analyses. The findings add to the limited literature on the experiences of Black and Latinx youth concerning the system of education and its relation to critical consciousness development, political identity formation, and political efficacy. This study aimed to amplify the voices of Black and Latinx youth in a manner that acknowledges their humanity and agency. |
| Keyword | politics; political; political efficacy; efficacy; resistance; protest; hood; subvert; subverting; subversion; resist; state violence; state; Black; Latinx; socialist; anti-capitalist; anti-Blackness; communism; Marxism; decolonial; decolonization; critical consciousness; racism; white supremacy; gender; patriarchy; religion; anti-colonial; anti-capitalist; Freire, Paulo Freire; Frantz Fanon; Fred Moten; Karl Marx; Saidiya Hartman; education; schools; youth; exploratory; intersectionality; Crenshaw; Kimberle Crenshaw; Collins; James Baldwin; Gloria Anzaldua; whiteness; civics; civic engagement; neoliberalism; democracy; social justice; domination; power; gender; curriculum; walk-out; sit-in; paradigm intersectionality; BlackCrit; critical race theory, Henry Giroux; Kendrick Lamar; Wardell Milam |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
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| Rights | Rodgers, Kenneth W., Jr. |
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| Full text | SUBVERTING STATE VIOLENCE 35 W.E.B. Du Bois famously used the term double-consciousness to describe the feeling of his identity being segmented into different parts, thereby causing disharmony (Du Bois, 1903/2007). This tendency to view oneself through others’ eyes depicts Du Bois’ experience of living as a Black American. Fanon recognizes this double consciousness as a problem for victims of colonialism, but advocated for the radical solution of transcendental ‘conscienciser’ as part of the remedy in the struggle for liberation. Freire’s adoption of Fanon’s ‘conscienciser’ appears in Pedagogy of the Oppressed as the Portugese term ‘conscientização’, or the process to raise somebody’s awareness (Kress & Lake, 2013). Freire (1970) states: Conscientization refers to the process in which men, not as recipients, but as knowing subjects, achieve a deepening awareness both of the socio-cultural reality which shapes their lives and of their capacity to transform that reality (p.27). Freire cautions that one should not simply view critical consciousness as an increase in awareness. Once we realize we are oppressed, we are then obligated to liberate ourselves from the circumstances of oppression. If this was to merely happen in our minds, the structures would still continue. Freire distinguishes that critical consciousness is a foundational component of a process that requires historical commitment to make changes and engage in critical action to transform the circumstances that cause oppression (Kress & Lake, 2013). Gloria Anzaldúa Anzaldúa also wrestled with the double-consciousness she witnessed plaguing mestizas. Advocating for a “new consciousness” she envisioned mestizas creating new selves and envisioning the world in a different way (Anzaldúa, 1987). Anzaldua frames the acts of |
