Letters to My Sisters: Advice from Black Women Alumnae about How to Thrive and Survive in College

Autor/inn/en	Reavis, Tangela Blakely; Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle; Kelly, Bridget Turner; Luedke, Courtney L.; Mccallum, Carmen M.
Titel	Letters to My Sisters: Advice from Black Women Alumnae about How to Thrive and Survive in College
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 124 (2022) 4, S.180-204 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-4681
DOI	10.1177/01614681221096798
Schlagwörter	College Students; African American Students; Females; Alumni; Barriers; Racism; Gender Bias; Coping; Resilience (Psychology); Success; Feminism; Georgia (Atlanta); Illinois (Chicago); Michigan (Detroit); Nebraska (Omaha); Nebraska (Lincoln); Louisiana (New Orleans) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Rassismus; Geschlechterstereotyp; Bewältigung; Erfolg; Feminismus
Abstract	The college success of Black women has often been narrowly defined by outcome data and does not consider some of the challenges they experience that are often racialized and gendered. Despite the increase in the number of Black women attending and graduating from college, few authors have highlighted the unique strategies that help facilitate their success. What remains unclear is how Black women define college success for themselves and what is necessary for them to thrive and survive in higher education. The purpose of this article is to garner insight from Black women alumnae about what facilitates college success. We present a letter-writing conceptual framework rooted in Black feminist theorizing as a way to elevate Black women's knowledge. These letters offer a 60-year historical examination of advice by Black women for Black women. The data for this analysis came from a larger critical oral history project of 105 Black women that focused on reflections of their college experiences. The analysis combines Black feminist thought with Maya Angelou's Letter to My Daughter as a conceptual framework. Findings emphasized that there is not one monolithic set of advice for Black women to be successful in college. The advice stands in contrast to the essentializing, monolithic ways in which Black women are represented in the literature. Implications may offer knowledge and support to future generations of Black college-going women and transform higher education regarding how institutions may support Black women on their campuses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01