TY - JOUR AU - Harrington, Jaira PY - 2021/12/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Beyond the Gates: Teaching Race and Politics in Brazil in a Prison Education Program JF - Radical Teacher JA - rt VL - 121 IS - SE - Radicalizing the Liberal Arts DO - 10.5195/rt.2021.897 UR - https://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/897 SP - 24-30 AB - <p><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">The project</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;of liberatory education is fraught with complications in a Small Liberal Arts College or SLAC environment. Authors bell hooks and Paulo&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">Freire</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">look to an ethics of care, love, and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">mutual restoration&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">of</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;humanity</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;through teaching openly and freely. My initial teaching experiences as an assistant professor re</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">vealed that this liberatory aim&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">could not be fulfilled at the college campus, so I taught in a prison&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">college&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">education program.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">The goals of this article are: </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">1)&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">to&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">elucidate</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;the complicated relationship that a woman faculty of color at the intersections of multiple identities has in adjusting to the&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">SLAC</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0"> environment;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0"> 2) t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">o expound upon my</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;weekly</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">exit from campus and entry into prison education as a vehicle to advance institutional goals for outreach and social justice;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;3) to&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">interrogate&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">prison education</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">e</span></span><span 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BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;and practical strategies</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">developed in a course on Race and Politics in&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">Brazil to&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">de</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">coloni</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">ze the curriculum; and 4) </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">to express the realities of teaching a Black-centered, intersectional course in an&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2 SCXW77385132 BCX0">all-male </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">maximum secu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">rity prison setting. It was through this practical&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">prison teaching&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">experience that I stretched the limits of my</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">practice of education</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">&nbsp;and found a temporary home in which to&nbsp;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW77385132 BCX0">do so.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW77385132 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}">&nbsp;</span></p> ER -