Spoke"tokenism": Black Women "Talking Back" about Graduate School Experiences

Autor/in	Robinson, Subrina J.
Titel	Spoke"tokenism": Black Women "Talking Back" about Graduate School Experiences
Quelle	In: Race, Ethnicity and Education, 16 (2013) 2, S.155-181 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361-3324
DOI	10.1080/13613324.2011.645567
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; African American Students; Graduate Students; Females; Womens Education; Coping; Racial Bias; Social Influences; Feminism; Educational History; Social Theories; Ethnicity; Racial Identification; Gender Bias; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Bewältigung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Sozialer Einfluss; Feminismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Gesellschaftstheorie; Ethnizität; Geschlechterstereotyp; Kalifornien
Abstract	Black women still experience racial oppression in the academy. In this study, I draw on Black feminist theory and oral narrative research to examine the narratives of Black women graduate students discussing their educational experiences. Black female graduate students deal with acts of everyday racism and instances of structural and internalized oppression. I explore the communicative strategies Black women use to get through their graduate programs. More specifically, I address two emergent themes: (1) Black women as spoke"tokens"; and (2) the risks and consequences of talking back in the face of racial oppression. Ultimately, the academic experiences of Black women have a profound impact on how they wish to be perceived and how they see their role in representing Black female identity. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10