Full Description
African American Females: Addressing Challenges and Nurturing the Future illustrates that across education, health, and other areas of social life, opportunities are stratified along gender as well as race lines. The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women intersects with race and class to create multiple levels of disadvantage. This book is one result of a unique forum intended to bring into focus the K-12 and postsecondary schooling issues and challenges affecting African American girls and women. Focusing on the historical antecedents of African American female participation and the contemporary context of access and opportunity for black girls and women, the contributors to this collection pay particular attention to the interaction of gender with race/ethnicity, class, age, and health, with the central aim of encouraging thoughtful reading, critical thinking, and informed conversations about the necessity of exploring the lives of African American females. Additionally, the book frames important implications for recommended changes in policy and practice regarding a number of critical matters presently affecting African American females in schools and communities across the state of Michigan and nationwide.
Contents
Contents Foreword by Carol Camp Yeakey Preface Part 1. K-12 Educational Experiences of African American Females Trends in Cultural, Social, and Symbolic Capital Post-No Child Left Behind: Implications for African American Female Cognitive and Noncognitive Achievement in Michigan Public Schools - RoSusan D. Bartee It Can Be Done and It Must Be Done: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Girls in Urban Science Classrooms - Robert W. Simmons III The Experiences of Gifted African American Females: "Damned If You Are and Damned If You Aren't" - Deborah A. Harmon and Donna Y. Ford Part 2. Pathway to the Professions: African American Females on Both Sides of the Desk A Needle in a Haystack: The Search for African American Female Teachers in K-12 Education - Shanna L. Graves, Tamara N. Stevenson, and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher Preparing for the Knowledge Society: Lessons from Detroit's Early African American Female Teachers - Linda G. Williams Poverty, Postsecondary Education, and Child Care: The Impact of "Work First" Policies on African American Single Mothers in Michigan - Valerie Polakow Examining African American Female Students' Decision to Pursue the Doctorate - Carmen M. McCallum It's My Prerogative: Black Women Administrators Share Their Challenges of Race and Gender at Predominately White Michigan Institutions - Denise O'Neil Green and Ramona Meraz Lewis Part 3. Social and Cultural Issues Affecting African American Females An Exploratory Study of Social Issues Facing African American High School Female Adolescents in Detroit - Delila Owens, Rhonda M. Bryant, and Diana Thomas Critical Race Theory and African Womanism: Theorizing Black Girls' Education at the Local and Global Levels - Venus E. Evans-Winters Imag[e]ining Hip-Hop Femininity: Contentions, Contradictions, and Contributions - Donyale R. Griffin Padgett, Cheryl D. Jenkins, and Dale Anderson Part 4. Psychosocial and Health Matters Legacies of Shame and Blood: Intimate Partner Violence among African American Women - Devika Dibya Choudhuri Self-Definitions of Daily Routines, Parent-Child Interactions, and Crack Cocaine Addiction among African American Mothers - Tierra Bernardine Tivis HIV Prevention Efforts and African American Women: A Commentary for Future Research - Syreeta Scott, Stephen D. Jefferson, Lori Hale, and Krupa Hedge African American Women and Cancer - Dia Copeland Improving General Health Care for African American Women: Michigan and Beyond - Phillis Cherie Mims-Gillum About the Contributors
