The Antonia Darder Reader

“Antonia Darder’s life and work resides in rarified air for its profound impact on our field. She is, and will remain, a bright, shining light for those that pursue education grounded in truth and love. Anyone that has crossed paths with her, or her scholarship, is a better educator and a better human being for that experience. This project, collecting some of Antonia’s writings, offers an opportunity for those unfamiliar with her work to be introduced to one of the most important thinkers of our time. For those of us that know her work well, it reminds us just how prolific, insightful, and brilliant she is.”

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., Professor of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University

“Antonia Darder is one of the most brilliant and inspirational education leaders in the world. Her work reflects the best that critical education has to offer. We would do well to pay close attention to her analyses and ethics of justice if we wish to rebuild and humanize the world.”

Professor Peter McLaren, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D., F.R.S.A., Ed.D (honoris causa), Dip Tchg, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, The Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies, Chapman University

“Quintessential Antonia Darder, this reader is about love, justice, liberatory education, redemption, post coloniality, and the power of art. Throughout the chapters, regardless of whether the subject matter is early trauma, liberatory education, racism, or even dance, what shines through is the power of love as the antidote to violence, hatred, and the obliteration of entire peoples through colonization, or individual young people through the denial of their humanity and vicious pedagogies of rejection. Stretching back over a quarter century and including articles, poetry, art, and interviews, Antonia Darder once again proves her unchallenged legacy as an unflinching scholar, resolute fellow traveler, and intrepid explorer of life, love, and the human capacity for hope and possibility.”

Sonia Nieto, Fellow Boricua, forged in Brooklyn, NY, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

“Antonia Darder is a revolutionary scholar, poet, and activist. Her ability to speak truth to power theoretically and practically is one of her many gifts. Her work will stand the test of time. This reader is a beautiful collection of her power, passion, and poignant commitment to make us all better. For those looking to be inspired, moved, transformed, and informed this is the book you have to read!”

Tyrone C. Howard, Ph.D., Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in Education to Strengthen Children & Families, President--American Educational Research Association

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Editor’s Preface

Introduction

Section I: A Life of Struggle

Chapter One
Childhood Trauma and the Struggle for Liberation

Chapter Two
From Madness to Consciousness: Redemption through Politics, Art, and Love

Chapter Three
From One Never Meant to Survive

Section II: Spheres of Culture and Power: Critical Bicultural Education

Chapter Four
Reflections on Cultural Democracy and Schooling

Chapter Five
Rewriting the World: Literacy, Inequality, and the Brain

Chapter Six
Education of Values: A Conversation with Antonia Darder

Section III: Teaching as an Act of Love: Reinventing Paulo Freire

Chapter Seven
Teaching as an Act of Love: In Memory of Paulo Freire

Chapter Eight
Rethinking Critical Pedagogy: An Interview with Antonia Darder

Chapter Nine
The Profound Solidarity of Paulo Freire

Section IV: Teaching in the Flesh: Schooling the Body

Chapter Ten
Freire and the Body

Chapter Eleven
Schooling Bodies: Critical Pedagogy and Urban Youth

Chapter Twelve
Decolonizing Dance Praxis: Supporting a Language of Cultural and Community Embodiment

Section V: Teaching and Consciousness: The Making of Dissident Educators

Chapter Thirteen
The Making of a Dissident Voice

Chapter Fourteen
Racism and the Charter School Movement: Unveiling the Myths

Chapter Fifteen
Dreaming of Peace in a Culture of War: Revolutionary Considerations

Chapter Sixteen
YA BASTA! The Time for Change Is Now

Epilogue

About the Editors

Index

Antonia Darder

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Kortney Hernandez

Kortney Hernandez is a critical educator and activist. Her research engages service learning through a bicultural decolonizing epistemological lens that seeks to break through hegemonic conceptions of service.

Sharon Cronin

Sharon Cronin has worked in community for many decades with Caribbean cultural arts, bilingual education, community organizing, and linguistically and culturally responsive education.

Eduardo Lopez

Eduardo Lopez received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University. He currently teaches in the Teacher Education Program at UCLA. He works with pre-service teachers and his research focus on issues of critical pedagogy, urban schooling, social justice education, and secondary teacher education.