Chasing Her Dreams: Navigating Racial and Gender Injustices

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 1:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Gender Equity for All Students (Table 16)

Abstract

When African American girls are in Advanced Placement, Gifted, or Honors classes, they are often the minority, especially in predominantly White schools. These girls find themselves in classrooms with peers and teachers who are culturally different from them. The personal narrative will be situated in the context of existing literature. Ford’s (2013) Female Achievement Model for Excellence (F2AME) is used as a lens to analyze personal narratives. What emerges from this paper adds to the much-needed research on the academic experiences of young high, achieving Black girls from their perspectives.

Authors

• Quinita D. Ogletree, Texas A&M University

• Kamala V. Williams, Prairie View A&M University

• Layla L. Ogletree, Texas A&M University