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But Where Are You Really From?: Black And Asian American Women's Experiences Of Gendered Racialized Microaggressions, Dresden Lackey
But Where Are You Really From?: Black And Asian American Women's Experiences Of Gendered Racialized Microaggressions, Dresden Lackey
Sociology Dissertations
Though microaggression research has grown across disciplines in recent years, existing work often centralizes intergroup experiences, disregarding the ways intragroup spaces perpetuate dominant white racial framing. Utilizing thirty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this dissertation addresses that gap, revealing that Black and Asian American women experience gendered racialized microaggressions within co-ethnic spaces, enacted by family and peers who may share a dual identity as both targets and maintainers of a white supremacist patriarchal system. Gendered racialized microaggressions within intraracial spaces centralize specific themes I identify as: Whiteness is the Ultimate Goal, Not Asian/Black Enough, Body Talk, and Racialized Sexualization, each defined within …
Unbearable Fruit: Black Women's Experiences With Uterine Fibroids, Ranell L. Myles
Unbearable Fruit: Black Women's Experiences With Uterine Fibroids, Ranell L. Myles
Sociology Dissertations
Uterine Fibroids, medically termed uterine leiomyoma, are benign tumors of smooth muscle cells that grow in the uterus. While they are the most common pelvic neoplasm in women and fewer than 1 percent of fibroids develop into cancer, uterine fibroids can cause infertility, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and greatly affect one’s quality of life. Black women have been disproportionately affected by fibroids; when compared to white women, Black women are: 2-3 times more likely to have fibroids, diagnosed at a younger age, more likely to have 7 or more fibroids, more likely to have more severe and more troublesome symptoms (anemia, …
Salvaging Children's Lives: Understanding The Experiences Of Black Aunts Who Serve As Kinship Care Providers Within Black Families, Regina Louise Davis-Sowers
Salvaging Children's Lives: Understanding The Experiences Of Black Aunts Who Serve As Kinship Care Providers Within Black Families, Regina Louise Davis-Sowers
Sociology Dissertations
Previous research on grandparents as kinship care providers demonstrated that grandparents are confronted with both challenges and rewards. Using qualitative research methods, I examined the lives of 35 black aunts who served as kinship care providers for nieces and nephews. I found that grandparents and aunts experienced increased time demands, financial burdens, and family stress. However, this study demonstrated that aunts’ experiences differ from grandparents’, due to the younger age of aunts and the fact that aunts are of the same generation as the biological parents. Moreover, I found that aunting, or the care and nurture of children by aunts …