"Linguistic Justice" (October 29, 2025)

I. Opening

• RRs should be the equivalent of 500 words
• You have a 2-week grace period (3 weeks for RR1) w/o penalty and then D2L turns the work to "0"
• It's time to decide and find your CANON/CANNON CHOICE.  Order, borrow now.  Plan to start reading for the November 5 class (Final project/final reading are due November 12).
• Be sure to check out the UPDATED slideshows below.
• Pleeeeeease send me your accolades!
• OMAR's WISDOM CLASS IS NEXT WEEK... come prepared to take notes
  

Sign-Up Sheet for Black Ed Canons/Cannons

Making A Zine: Samples and Rationales

PDF of Public-Facing Learning Guide

Link to Course Policies & Processes

II. Congratulations to All &... More Book Give-Aways!

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"The Mis/Education of Black Intellects: Havens of Resistance and Rhetorical Mapping" by Kelly Franklin, Deja Groomes, Chris Atkins, Alexis Davis, Victoria Washington

​From the Lady of Rage to the Dawgs on the field, this panel maps the daughters of Hip Hop and Black rhetorical traditions, advances Morrisonian theorization, and refuses Westernized literacy definitions. Our collective intervention extends Black feminist pedagogical practices into new geographical sites of critical inquiry where reimagination and resistance follow the Black radical tradition's enduring legacy. Dr. Pough also gave yall a shout-out in her closing statement at the 2025 CLC Symposium!

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And CONGRATS to Chris Atkins [AKA Dr. E's "new Jamaican nephew"] for his wonderful moderation of Gwen Pough's and Regina Bradley's plenary discussion at the 2025 CLC Symposium... and for keeping the virtual chat lit!

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Omar & Dr. Montes present at the International Conference of The Curriculum and Pedagogy (C&P) Group, the Mexican Society of Social Psychology (SOMEPSO), and the Network for the Promotion of Health, Education, and Psychosocial Well-Being in Rural and Migrant Communities (CORYMI) in Mexico City!  Congrats!

The 2025 Book Exhibit: Black Speculative YAL & the Lives of Black Youth
(click here for all 30+ books)

Image Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/books/review/kwame-mbalia-black-boy-joy-17-stories-celebrating-black-boyhood.html​

III. Education 101: At the Crossroads of Black Language/Black Life/ Black Culture

Omar S., Texas Christian University

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Katie C, Texas Christian University

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Alexis D., Texas Christian University​

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In 15 minutes at the end of all presentations, we can discuss any of the following: 

• The questions that your colleagues have framed on their slides
• Any comments and questions that you, as audience, might have

In closing: Are there any points of tension that you think might arise in a public presentation of this content (assume, for instance, that the author/their peoples you cite might be in the room)?

IV. Project #2
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• Thank you, Kellan, for emailing your pick.  Click here to indicate your choice (also at the top of this webpage). NO duplicates unless you are partnering.
• Review the guidelines
• Undergraduate examples from spring 2025 are at the right
• Click here for more on making a zine (including graduate examples)!

V. Black Language Is. . .

(see handout and here and undergraduate collaborative work below...)

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The prolific Black Studies theorist, Fred Moten, argues that fugitivity involves Black people’s refusal to accept unjust standards and oppression. He calls fugitivity a kind of desire and spirit that is always dreaming of escape and transgression even when not achievable. Fugitivity embraces living on the outer edges, plays with what is considered improper, and does not compromise with racist regimes by rendering them as inevitable. Fugitive success is not always about annihilation of anti-black regimes though; it is also about cleverly and joyfully thwarting them from moment to moment (click here for more).