Raising Free People is among my favorites, too. In some crucial ways, it reminds me of How We Get Free, published a few years prior in celebration of the Combahee River Collective. While the book (and the statement and work it was based on) isn't *about* unschooling, it's very much about liberation for all, and how even within broader liberation movements, there's lots of racism, misogyny, queerphobia, and other bullshit. And importantly, it spoke to the ways that Black women (before, during, and after the Combahee River Collective statement was written) have to fight so much harder and smarter for visibility and still, still, still have their work invalidated, or worse, co-opted.
I really, really love Akilah, and am in support of her non-erasure! I am a white unschooling mom and I find Raising Free People to be a massive credit to my current life and aspirations, Akilah's voice is so influential in the liberation movement. She deserves all the recognition and continued visibility.
Raising Free People is among my favorites, too. In some crucial ways, it reminds me of How We Get Free, published a few years prior in celebration of the Combahee River Collective. While the book (and the statement and work it was based on) isn't *about* unschooling, it's very much about liberation for all, and how even within broader liberation movements, there's lots of racism, misogyny, queerphobia, and other bullshit. And importantly, it spoke to the ways that Black women (before, during, and after the Combahee River Collective statement was written) have to fight so much harder and smarter for visibility and still, still, still have their work invalidated, or worse, co-opted.
Thanks for the comment Rhonda! I'm going to look for a copy <3
I really, really love Akilah, and am in support of her non-erasure! I am a white unschooling mom and I find Raising Free People to be a massive credit to my current life and aspirations, Akilah's voice is so influential in the liberation movement. She deserves all the recognition and continued visibility.
so excited to see this love letter my friend 🫀