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“Orange Is The New Black” Comes To New Jersey’S Public Schools: Black Girls And Disproportionate Rates Of Out‑Of‑School Suspensions And Expulsions, Dierdre Paul, Jacqueline Araneo
“Orange Is The New Black” Comes To New Jersey’S Public Schools: Black Girls And Disproportionate Rates Of Out‑Of‑School Suspensions And Expulsions, Dierdre Paul, Jacqueline Araneo
Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works
This paper explores out-of-school suspensions and expulsions among Black females, who have often been ignored in the extant educational research literature. More specifically, the authors explore the question of whether Black females have been overrepresented in out-of-school suspensions and expulsions in New Jersey public schools. Using data from the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), the authors found that Black females in New Jersey have in fact been overrepresented in both, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions. The extent of that overrepresentation of Black females has not only worsened over time but could also be considered graver in New Jersey than in the …
Black Female Adolescents And Racism In Schools: Experiences In A Colorblind Society, Nicole Joseph, Kara Viesca, Margarita Bianco
Black Female Adolescents And Racism In Schools: Experiences In A Colorblind Society, Nicole Joseph, Kara Viesca, Margarita Bianco
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This article takes up the questions: (a) How do Black female adolescents define racism?, (b) What kind of experiences with racism to they report having in schools?, and (c) How can these perspectives and experiences inform educational reform efforts? The in-depth analysis of 18 student surveys and interviews revealed that most of the definitions of racism centered on prejudice, discrimination, and differential treatment; and most of the experiences the girls described regarding racism in school illustrated issues of prejudice, discrimination, and differential treatment as well as stereotypes, labels and low teacher expectations. Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, and Black …