Week seven part one

Critical Race Theory and Counter Narratives

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Fry Bread

Written by: Kevin Nobel Millard

Illustrated by: Juana Martinez-Neal

Is this story culturally authentic? Is it a counter-narrative?

Click here to read more about Critical Indigenous Literacy

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The direct quote next to me is a screenshot from Debbie Reese's journal article Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples. This quote stuck out to me as one of the most important parts of the article. Culturally authentic Native American stories are CRITICAL for students and people to understand their history and perspective. These stories help to rewrite the narrative of stereotypes and biases.

Next Steps:

Can I Touch Your Hair

Written by: Irene Latham, Charles Waters

Illustrated by: Sean Qualls, Selina Alko

This video is an hour and eleven minutes. I personally would use this to pick a poem and listen to that specific one so the students can hear the authors' read.

All about this story

and possible next step ideas

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How incredible is this page!

Let's analyze the book more:

Multimodal text set

Check out the creator's website here

I want to start off by saying how incredible this short is. It allows the viewer to see the importance and identity found in their hair. The little girl encourages her dad to continue trying to help her have the perfect hair style to go see her mom. When I found out that her mom was the same woman in the video, you can see how passionate she is about doing hair. She finds her identity and purpose in it. The video continues and you find out that the mom is going through chemo and has lost her hair. She is feeling a loss of identity. The little girl cheers her mom up and encourages her to take off the scarf on her head and show everyone her beauty. This video acts as another counter-narrative by representing her identity and showing us first hand her feelings and emotions.

References:

Laminack, L. L., & Kelly, K. (2019). Reading to make a difference: Using literature to help students speak freely, think deeply, and take action. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Maillard, K (2019) Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. Published by Roaring Books Press.

Waters, C & Latham, I (2018). Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship. Published by Lerner Books.

**Other references are linked to the pictures or videos***