Unbowed and Unapologetic: Black Women CritRace Educators' Triune Reflections as Students, Parents, and Educators

• In Event: Our Stories, Our Spaces: Black Women and Girls' Experiences as Students and Teachers

Abstract

The history of Black women and education is marred by the constant struggle for equity. Using Black Feminist epistomologies, this study explores the complex relationship that Black Mother-Scholars (BMS) in teacher education have with the institution through varied identities. BMS have traversed the education terrain within multi-prong identities as students, parents, academics, administrators, activists, policymakers, and leaders. We will investigate the personal stories of the Black woman and pay homage to her professional character through her education journey. We draw upon our own complex identities as Black women, mothers, and educators to confront the current systemic educational inequities and challenge White educators to care for our children in totality; like our Black mothers and teachers would

Authors

• Kimberly A. White-Smith, University of La Verne

• Darlene Russell, William Paterson University