ERIC Number: EJ1386314
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-3324
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'Demonstrable Experience of Being a "Mammy" or "Crazy Black Bitch"' (Essential). A Critical Race Feminist Approach to Understanding Black Women Headteachers' Experiences in English Schools
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v26 n3 p318-334 2023
This paper builds on the emerging, but significant scholarship of Critical Race Feminism (CRF) in education. It adds to the literature in this area by applying the theoretical and methodological underpinnings to the British education context where such applications are vanishingly small in favour of broader critical race applications. Supported by racialised and gendered images of professional Black women in leadership roles as the analytical standpoint for understanding a Black woman Headteacher's experiences in an English school, this paper argues that Black women's tenure and trajectories are underpinned by the white racial colonial logics of the "Mammy, Crazy Black Bitch, Superwoman" and/or "Feisty Sapphire." In so doing, institutional racism continues to underpin "and undermine" Black women Headteachers' leadership potential, experiences and outcomes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Females, Principals, Critical Race Theory, Feminism, Experience, Career Development, Whites, Racism, Colonialism, Educational Environment, Power Structure
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Birmingham)
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