A Hidden Culture of Coping: Insights on African American Women’s Existence in Predominately White Institutions

Apugo, Danielle

doi:10.1080/15210960.2019.1573067

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“…As Eva's testimony indicates, she continuously dreams and imagines new futures as she undergoes a developmental journey in college. This insight can be read in conjunction with the existing body of scholarship on Black women defining their own realities in postsecondary settings (Apugo, 2019;Henry et al, 2011;Porter et al, 2019), but we also contend that we move beyond the language of coping and instead embrace the notion of dreaming as well as imagination. Knowing that she is not at the right table suggests that she recognizes a correct table exists out there.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Paired with this understanding of schooling as sites of Black suffering, we surveyed the literature on Black college women approached from a Black feminist perspective (e.g., Apugo, 2019; Henry et al, 2011; Porter et al, 2019). In particular, this body of literature underscored the oppressive contexts that Black women face in the academy, while at the same time, arguing for the recognition of how Black women exercise resistance.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Apugo (2019) and Henry et al (2011) both communicated the issues that Black college women encounter as individuals in patriarchal and anti-Black contexts. However, these women still engage in coping strategies that allow them to survive these environments (Apugo, 2019). Additionally, they also learn how to define who they are as they undergo developmental journeys (Porter et al, 2019).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dreaming from the hold: Suffering, survival, and futurity as contextual knowing.

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Durán²,

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2023

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In an interview with Randall Kenan, Octavia E. Butler extracts the harsh realities of history and its effects on the present, stating, "I couldn't let her come back whole : : : Antebellum slavery didn't leave people quite whole." (Kenan, Callaloo, 1991, 14, p. 498). This quote refers to her book, Kindred (1979) in which the protagonist, Dana, time travels from present-day to the antebellum era where she encounters the terrors of slavery. Lured back when Rufus, a White slave owner, is in immediate danger, Dana loses part of her arm in transport while Rufus pins her down and attempts to rape her. For Butler, atrocities are embodied. We begin our inquiry with a similar belief that survival in the afterlife of White supremacy means loss for Black bodyminds. Yet, linearity in student development theorizing, underscored by the subject-object principle (Baxter Magolda, Making their own way: Narratives for transforming higher education to promote self-development,

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Pierce³

2023

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“…Women describe feeling weak, powerless, embarrassed, outcast, isolated, hopeless, and self-conscious (cf. Apugo, 2019;Carter & Forsyth, 2007;Cooper, 2018;Jones & Shorter-Gooden, 2009;Obama, 2018).…”

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“…Black women on college campuses feel the need to emulate the stereotype of the model college student. In a literature review by Apugo (2019), the author described impression management as the donning of "academic masks" (p. 57).…”

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Cite a sista: how Black women at Ivy League graduate schools of education make meaning of thriving

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This study, the first of its kind uses Black Feminist Thought as a framework to explore and investigate how Black women at Ivy League graduate schools of education make meaning of thriving. There are limited studies that center the voices of Black women at Ivy League graduate schools and there are no studies that look specifically at Ivy League graduate schools of education. Semi-structured interviews grounded in narrative methodology gathered insights from eight Black women between the ages of 32 and 54, who graduated from Ivy League graduate schools of education. Three main themes and six sub-themes emerged from the study. The themes were: being a Black woman, inside and outside the classroom, and resilience and the dream. The six sub-themes were: self-presentation and identity as a Black woman, authenticity and self-care, peer-to-peer relationships and social circles, strong supportive family and Black female administrators, resilience and the dream, bouncing back and staying the course, and desire to become agents. The findings of this study have important implications for higher education institutions to create a supportive and inclusive environment that fosters the success of all students. Moreover, this study will amplify the voices of Black women, include their stories in the literature on student success factors and provide additional opportunities to cite Black women.

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A Hidden Culture of Coping: Insights on African American Women’s Existence in Predominately White Institutions

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Dreaming from the hold: Suffering, survival, and futurity as contextual knowing.

Dreaming from the hold: Suffering, survival, and futurity as contextual knowing.

#BlackGirlTelling: Affirmation Through Black Feminist Digital Activism

Cite a sista: how Black women at Ivy League graduate schools of education make meaning of thriving

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