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Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D. is a Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and the recipient of the 2024 Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumna Award from New York University. Yolanda is co-editor of All About Black Girl in Education: bell hooks and Pedagogies of Love (2024), co-author of Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces (2021), and author of two poetry books: Love from the Vortex & Other Poems and The Peace Chronicles. She is founder of the Racial Literacy Project @TC. Yolanda has been featured in documentaries by Spike Lee and CWK Network.

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Archaeology of Self: The Introspective Educator's Guide to Racial Literacy is an invitation to dive deep into the heart of teaching and the sacred work of self-awareness. It calls educators-and professionals from all walks of life-to embark on a lifelong journey of racial literacy, healing, and the pursuit of a bias-free existence. Blending personal narrative, poetry, and guided reflection, Archaeology of Self offers both a mirror and a map that takes readers through Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz's framework for excavating one's racial identity, confronting internalized bias, and teaching from a place of critical love, justice, and truth.

This is more than a book. It is a living, breathing guide for transformation. Included within are:

• Lesson plans designed by educators across the country and adaptable for K-12 and beyond.
• Multimodal resources, including video suggestions, journaling prompts, mindfulness practices, and companion readings.

• A chapter-themed music playlist that sets the emotional and intellectual tone, inviting deep listening, feeling, and reflection. At its core, Archaeology of Self: The Introspective Educator's Guide to Racial Literacy is a blueprint for healing and for the collective reimagining of education as a liberatory and humanizing force.

  Inhalt

  Part 1: Excavating the Self: Racial Literacy as a Process and Way of Being 1. Growing Up Bronx: Racial Literacy Lessons from My South Bronx Beginnings 2. From Self-Discovery to Collective Change: The Journey to Racial Literacy 3. Doing the Work Where We Are: Advancing Racial Literacy in Education 4. The Archaeological Approach to Teaching 5. Archaeology of Self as Practice: An Invitation to Teachers Part 2: Excavating the Heart of Teaching, Learning, and Becoming 6. Layers of the Self: Uncovering Teacher Identity 7. An Artful Journey: Excavating Identity and Bias Through (Un)Final Multimodal Storytelling Projects 8. Towards Critical (Self) Love Part 3: Excavating Truth, Healing, and Justice: The Work of Self and Community 9. Archaeologists of the Self: Addressing Trauma, Healing, and Growth 10. Reconstructing Self and Community for a Just Future 11. Purpose Meets Preparation: A National Call for Racial Literacy Lesson Plans 12. Practice Makes Possibility: Sample Racial Literacy Lesson Plans 13. Artifacts, Tools & Resources