Un-silenced Pasts Present in Afrofutures: The Potential of Arts-based Inquiry and Critical Race Theory
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http://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202203_26%283%29.0002Abstract
This essay discusses why the ability to envision unimagined solutions is necessary when considering future possibilities in Black education and the use of comics in classrooms. Two alternative futures are proposed. They are guided by cyclical events, inspired by past and present Black achievements, and informed by the collective harms inflicted on Black citizens in the past and present. A significant portion of each alternative future speculates on uncertainties introduced by other variables and trends that must be considered due to their potential influences on Black education and comics. It concludes with two comics about Black comic conventions in 2037.
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