Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education

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The Implementation of Bill 212 in Ontario Schools: Implications for Black Students

“…Dumas and Ross (2016) further argued that Black youth bodies in the school system are viewed as representative of the ultimate threat to authority, and that the disciplining of Black youth is understood as the definitive reinforcement of security and order. Lopez (2019) suggested that the over disciplining of Black youth is an expression of anti-Black racism. Lopez further argued that within the context of anti-Black racism, punishment is primary and foundational to Black subjection, with discipline as a popular aspect of cruelty.…”