# @edutopia on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2021-03-07T22:25:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Edutopia (@edutopia) — https://gondola.cc/edutopia

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There isn’t a uniform K-12 philosophy curriculum in the United States, but as Hoa P. Nguyen writes, kids can still benefit from robust exposure to philosophy, including the work of Black philosophers whose work underpins many academic and public discussions about gender, race, class, and culture. ⁣
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Students want to ask—and are asking—deep philosophical questions about the status quo, and the thinking of these philosophers offers rigor that can help “broaden how students perceive their worlds,” Nguyen writes. Here are four to consider teaching: ⁣
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1. bell hooks: Exploring the intersection of race, class, and gender, hooks (who prefers to lowercase her initials) has written many scholarly works, as well as children’s books that are appropriately thought-provoking. With older students, teachers can use hooks’s groundbreaking book “Ain’t I a Woman” to “discuss the important (and often neglected) role of Black women in the civil rights movement.”⁣
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2. Sojourner Truth: An escaped slave, Truth preached as an abolitionist and challenged the idea that women weren’t equal to men. Nguyen writes that teachers can discuss her work in “lessons about the meaning of equality and justice and trace her contribution to the American notion of individual rights.”⁣
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3. Alain LeRoy Locke: In his book “The New Negro: An Interpretation,” Locke argued that the burgeoning Black art movement of the early 20th century brought about a “spiritual emancipation” for Black people. Locke is known as the Father of the Harlem Renaissance, and Nguyen notes that teachers can use his work to help students explore the power of artistic expression.⁣
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4. Frantz Fanon: As a psychiatrist and social philosopher, Fanon explored “the impact of colonialism on racial consciousness and societal bias,” writes Nguyen. Reading his work with students can launch compelling conversations about microaggressions and implicit bias, as well as about how centuries of history play out in the world around them.⁣

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