Black Caribbean International Women’s Methods of Negating Educational Inequities at SUNY Universities

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 4:55 pm
  In Roundtable Session: To Be Black, International/Immigrant in Higher Education: A Critical Examination of Experiences, Scholarship, and Practices (Table 3)

Abstract

This empirical, narrative study will extend the knowledge beyond race to specifically understand how intersecting identities of ethnicity, gender, international status, and nationality shape Black Caribbean international women graduate collegiate experiences at one of the predominately white institutions (PWI) within the State University of New York System (SUNY). Black Feminist Thought (Collins, 1986, 2000) will be the lens used to illuminate the ways in which these 10 women resisted and negated the educational and structural forms of oppression present within their higher education institution. This study will prompt a call to action for scholars at AERA and other higher education institutions to institutionalize resources on campus to address challenges faced by Black Caribbean women.

Author

• Allante Moon, University of Pennsylvania