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Captive Minds in Schools: The Development of Carceral Subjectivity Through School Exclusion and Expulsion Programs (82093)
Session Chair: Natalia Gajdamaschko
Monday, 6 January 2025 13:20
Session: Session 3
Room: Room 322A
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
This paper presents new theory about student identity development through the findings of a study that explored the experiences and outlooks of excluded Black male youth and how they are constructed in the Ontario education system. It delves into the ways in which the identities of Black male youth shift as a result of their time in spaces of exclusion, such as expulsion programs. A qualitative Critical Race Methodology was used to formulate an understanding of subjectivity as it pertains to school excluded Black males. The sample consisted of 13 self-identified Black males (n=13) between the ages of 18-28 years old, who had either graduated from an Ontario Safe Schools expulsion program, completed their term, had been otherwise demitted or decided not to attend. The findings showed that participants experienced expulsion programs as carceral spaces, and that their involvement in such spaces shifted the way that they viewed themselves and their possibilities. The spaces significantly influence young Black men’s self-concepts and impose upon them what I call carceral identities. Furthermore, in reflecting on their interpretations of hegemonic masculinity, participants revealed a fundamental ontological rupture: the ubiquity of the carceral in the lives of Black boys for whom prison techniques and concentrated disciplinary power have permeated exclusive school spaces, causing a type of dissonance that I refer to as carceral dislocation. The conclusion is that expulsion programs, which are imagined as rehabilitative spaces, do lasting psychological harm to the students within them, which in turn manifests into poor outlooks and outcomes.
Authors:
Camisha Sibblis, University of Windsor, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Camisha Sibblis is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of Windsor in Canada
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