The Chosen We: Black Women's Empowerment in Higher Education

The Chosen We: Black Women's Empowerment in Higher Education
ISBN-10
1438495447
ISBN-13
9781438495446
Category
Education
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2023-12-01
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Author
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner

Description

The Chosen We elevates the oral histories of 105 accomplished, college-educated Black women who earned success despite experiencing reprehensible racist and sexist barriers. The central argument is that these women succeeded in and beyond college by developing a Chosen We—a community with one another. The book builds on their words and insights to offer a powerful rethinking of educational success that moves away from individualistic and competitive models and instead imagines success as a result of recognizing what people owe to one another. It also uncovers the importance of the type of institutions that students attend for higher education, comparing Black women's experiences not only by region and era but also by whether they attended a predominantly White institution (PWI) or a historically Black college or university (HBCU). The Chosen We features theoretical and methodological exemplars for how to conduct research across lines of difference. The Black women's oral histories shared here manifest the wisdom from which many groups in the United States might benefit—that liberation is only found through community.

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