The Civil Rights Movement was an era dedicated to the advancement of African Americans in the United States to prohibit discrimination and segregation, which had a significant impact on racial inequalities, however, racism continues to thrive in American society (Arrighi, 2007; Castenell & Pinar, 1993; Neisser, 1986; Putnam, 2015; Stephan & Banks, 1999; Sue et al., 2007; Yosso, 2005). Racial inequalities in society have a direct affect on the intersections of family-community-school partnerships and the experiences that shape People of Color within the community. This essay conceptualizes the value of community cultural wealth for People of Color within the intersections of family-community-school partnerships, through the lens of critical race theory, while incorporating racial microaggressions as a primary factor and employing recommendations for improving this epidemic plaguing our society.
Historical Context of Racial Inequalities
The issues related to racial inequalities are so deeply ingrained in American society that they are nearly invisible, meanwhile most White …show more content…
CDA is discourse analytical research that primarily studies the way social-power abuse and inequality are enacted, reproduced, legitimated, and resisted by text and talk in social and political context (Schiffrin, Tannen, & Hamilton, 2001, p. 466). Fairclough and Wodak (1997) summarized the main tents of CDA to (1) address social problems, (2) power relations are discursive, (3) discourse constitutes society and culture, (4) discourse does ideological work, (5) discourse is historical, (6) the link between text and society is mediated, (7) discourse analysis is interpretative and explanatory and (8) discourse is a form of social action (Schiffrin, Tannen, & Hamilton, 2001, p.