"Oh, You're Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl": Black Adolescent Girls' Identities and Resistance to Colorism

Autor/inn/en	Rosario, R. Josiah; Minor, Imani; Rogers, Leoandra Onnie
Titel	"Oh, You're Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl": Black Adolescent Girls' Identities and Resistance to Colorism
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 36 (2021) 5, S.501-534 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rosario, R. Josiah) ORCID (Rogers, Leoandra Onnie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/07435584211028218
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Racial Composition; Females; Single Sex Schools; High School Students; Identification (Psychology); Well Being; Correlation; Ideology; Racial Bias; Self Esteem; Human Body; Individual Characteristics; Resistance (Psychology); Gender Bias; Adolescents; Stereotypes; Educational Environment; Adolescent Development; Urban Schools; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Korrelation; Ideologie; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Menschlicher Körper; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Resistenz; Geschlechterstereotyp; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Klischee; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt
Abstract	The current analysis explored the relevance of colorism among Black girls enrolled at a predominately Black, all-girls high school, with a specific focus on their identities and well-being. Fifty-nine Black girls (M[subscript age] = 16.97) completed a survey and semi-structured interview. Results from a two-step quant-qual analysis indicate a strong positive association between rejecting colorist ideology and positive self-esteem. Open coding of semi-structured interviews showed that 75% (n = 44) of the sample spontaneously mentioned colorist ideology when describing their racial and gender identities, including references to "skin color" (56%), "hair texture/style" (50%), "attractiveness/femininity" (38%), and "body type" (18%). More importantly, 74% of these discussions indicated resistance to colorism illustrating Black girls' engagement with and denouncement of ideologies of white supremacy, patriarchy, and anti-blackness. This critical qualitative analysis illustrates and offers guidance for practicing anti-racist adolescent research. We offer four insights: (a) consider the research spaces in which Black youth in our research are situated to better represent the diversity (and potential) of Black youth; (b) listen to and and follow the voices of Black girls; (c) attend to agency and resistance in development; and (d) recognize intersectionality as integral to anti-racist research. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01