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Interpreting Black Women’S Narratives About The Foster Care System As Counterstorytelling, Shanae Nelson Apr 2018

Interpreting Black Women’S Narratives About The Foster Care System As Counterstorytelling, Shanae Nelson

Honor Scholar Theses

This research examines Black mothers’ narratives about the foster care system as counterstorytelling. This study analyzes the different ways Black mothers challenge systemic oppression through Critical Race Theory. This study offers a critical insight into the challenges Black mothers encounter with the foster care system and the different state actors that participate in maintaining common stereotype of Black mothers as poor parents. This project highlights the the role of the foster care system in suppressing Black mothers’ ability to care for and protect their children. This study critiques the state’s hypersurveillance and hypercriminalization of Black mothers and by extent, Black …


Manning Up At Depauw: Performing Fraternal Masculinity On A Liberal Arts Campus, Rachel Higson Apr 2018

Manning Up At Depauw: Performing Fraternal Masculinity On A Liberal Arts Campus, Rachel Higson

Honor Scholar Theses

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