Exploring the Ecology of Black Girlhood

• In Event: Complicating the Complexities of “Staying in a Child’s Place”: Understanding the Nuance of Black Girlhood Studies

Abstract

Black girlhood scholars often have to move beyond our own positionalities and ways of being, and knowing to allow the girls’ voices to be heard. This praxis makes room for them to define their own knowledge and pathways to liberation. To do this, we must first address the historical dissolvement of childhood innocence (Halliday, 2019), and the ways in which Black girls experience adultification at an early age

Authors

• Brittany Nicole Anderson, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Nicole M. Joseph, Vanderbilt University