TY - JOUR
T1 - “[E]ven Though We Don’t Have Everything…We Build Our Own Thing”
T2 - Exploring Black Girl Space
AU - Rogers, Leoandra Onnie
AU - Butler-Barnes, Sheretta T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The data for this manuscript were supported by research grants awarded to Rogers (PI) from the Spencer Foundation (#201899959), and Northwestern University’s Weinberg College Research Innovation Grants (W Award).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Society for Research on Adolescence.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - In a racially stratified and oppressive society, Black youth must figure out who they are and what they can achieve while navigating dehumanizing stereotypes that devalue and disregard Black lives. In the current paper, we analyze focus group interviews with Black students at a predominately Black, all-girls high school to understand the meaning, significance, and potential of Black girl space through an intersectional and developmental lens. Results revealed the challenges and opportunities particularly with regard to the relational space (peers, sexuality, identity) and the structural space (extracurriculars, policies, and building structure). We discuss the potential of Black girl space and the broader implications for educational spaces to support Black girls’ development to create a more equitable and impactful developmental science.
AB - In a racially stratified and oppressive society, Black youth must figure out who they are and what they can achieve while navigating dehumanizing stereotypes that devalue and disregard Black lives. In the current paper, we analyze focus group interviews with Black students at a predominately Black, all-girls high school to understand the meaning, significance, and potential of Black girl space through an intersectional and developmental lens. Results revealed the challenges and opportunities particularly with regard to the relational space (peers, sexuality, identity) and the structural space (extracurriculars, policies, and building structure). We discuss the potential of Black girl space and the broader implications for educational spaces to support Black girls’ development to create a more equitable and impactful developmental science.
KW - Black girl space
KW - adolescent Black girls
KW - gender and intersectionality
KW - inequality
KW - race
KW - school context
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12697
DO - 10.1111/jora.12697
M3 - Article
C2 - 34825420
AN - SCOPUS:85119890089
VL - 32
SP - 49
EP - 68
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
SN - 1050-8392
IS - 1
ER -