Faculty women of color: The critical nexus of race and gender.

Identity-based politics has been a source of strength for people of color, gays and lesbians, among others. The problem with identity politics is that it often conflates intra group differences. Exploring the various ways in which race and gender intersect in shaping structural and political aspects of violence against these women, it appears the interests and experiences of women of color are frequently marginalized within both feminist and antiracist discourses. Both discourses have failed to consider the intersections of racism and patriarchy. However, the location of women of color at the intersection of race and gender makes our actual experience of domestic violence, rape, and remedial reform quite different from that of white women. Similarly, both feminist and antiracist politics have functioned in tandem to marginalize the issue of violence against women of color. The effort to politicize violence against women will do little to address the experiences of nonwhite women until the ramifications of racial stratification among women are acknowledged. At the same time, the anti-racist agenda will not be furthered by suppressing the reality of intra-racial violence against women of color. The effect of both these marginalizations is that women of color have no ready means to link their experiences with those of other women.

“We’re Being Released to a Jungle”: The State of Prisoner Reentry and the Resilience of Women of Color

The Prison Journal ◽

10.1177/0032885519852089 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 99 (4) ◽

pp. 459-483 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Janet Garcia-Hallett

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Prisoner Reentry ◽

The State ◽

Interview Data ◽

People Of Color ◽

Power Structures ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Social Structural ◽

Before And After ◽

And Gender

The punitive carceral system is expected to tame people of color into docile bodies through their imprisonment. Furthermore, the oppressive and punitive U.S. context embodies patriarchy and injustice in which women of color endure unique obstacles at the intersection of race and gender. Given the power structures built to destabilize women of color before and after incarceration, this study uses interview data to examine their perseverance through carceral systems. The findings illustrate how oppressive regimes shape postincarceration obstacles and explore how women of color combat social-structural inequalities after incarceration.

Race, Gender, and Emotion Work among School Principals

Gender & Society ◽

10.1177/0891243218821920 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 387-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Simone Ispa-Landa ◽

Sara Thomas

Keyword(s):

Leadership Style ◽

Emotional Labor ◽

Women Of Color ◽

White Women ◽

Novice Principals ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Managerial Authority ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender And Emotion ◽

Over Time

Researchers have highlighted how gendered associations of femininity with emotional labor can complicate professional women’s attempts to exercise managerial authority. However, current understandings of how race and gender intersect in professional women’s emotional labor remain limited. We draw on 132 interviews from eight white women and 13 women of color who are novice principals. White women began the principalship wanting to establish themselves as emotionally supportive leaders who were open to others’ influence. They viewed emotional labor as existing in tension with showing authority as a leader. Over time, however, most white women reported adopting more directive practices. By contrast, women of color reported beginning the principalship with a more directive, take-charge leadership style. They viewed emotional labor and authority as part of a blended project and did not talk about these two aspects of leadership as existing in tension. Over time, their self-reported leadership style changed little. We analyze our findings in light of recent theorizing about gender and intersectionality.

What Lies Ahead: Envisioning New Futures for Feminist Philosophy

Hypatia ◽

10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01136.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 927-934 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kristen Intemann ◽

Emily S. Lee ◽

Kristin McCartney ◽

Shireen Roshanravan ◽

Alexa Schriempf

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Feminist Philosophy ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Emerging Trends ◽

The World ◽

The Future ◽

Feminist Perspectives ◽

And Gender

Thanks in large part to the record of scholarship fostered by Hypatia, feminist philosophers are now positioned not just as critics of the canon, but as innovators advancing uniquely feminist perspectives for theorizing about the world. As relatively junior feminist scholars, the five of us were called upon to provide some reflections on emerging trends in feminist philosophy and to comment on its future. Despite the fact that we come from diverse subfields and philosophical traditions, four common aims emerged in our collaboration as central to the future of feminist philosophies. We seek to: 1) challenge universalist and essentialist frameworks without ceding to relativism; 2) center coloniality and embodiment in our analyses of the intermeshed realities of race and gender by shifting from oppression in the abstract to concrete cosmologies and struggles, particularly those of women of color and women of colonized communities across the globe; 3) elaborate the materialities of thought, being, and community that must succeed atomistic conceptions of persons as disembodied, individually constituted, and autonomous; 4) demonstrate what is distinctive and valuable about feminist philosophy, while fighting persistent marginalization within the discipline. In our joint musings here, we attempt to articulate how future feminist philosophies might advance these aims, as well as some of the challenges we face.

What's Respect Got to Do With It?

Navigating Micro-Aggressions Toward Women in Higher Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5942-9.ch009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 181-201

Author(s):

Amandia Speakes Lewis

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Personal Experience ◽

Institutional Barriers ◽

Race And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact

In this chapter, drawing from the research of the literature and personal experience, the author intends to analyze the intersectionality of race and gender in relation to respect, as well as explore institutional barriers with regards to respect from colleagues and students in and out of the classroom. Keeping in line with the theme of this edited book, forms of microaggressions will be explored as a way of understanding the impact of discrimination and obstacles to feeling respected by colleagues and students. Suggested strategies for an accommodating environment and an academic fit for women of color will be presented.

Conclusion

Race, Gender, and Political Representation ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197502174.003.0007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 173-178

Author(s):

Beth Reingold

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Political Representation ◽

Democratic Institutions ◽

Multiple Forms ◽

Analytic Framework ◽

Race And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

The Many

The concluding chapter summarizes the main findings and highlights the book’s contributions to the study of gender, race, and representation and the development of intersectionality as an analytic framework. It reviews, chapter by chapter, the many ways in which the election, activity, and impact of legislative women of color matter, not just for women and minorities, but especially for those situated at the intersections of multiple forms of disempowerment and misrepresentation. Examining politics from the perspective of women of color, this book demonstrates the many complex ways race and gender together shape democratic institutions and the representational opportunities and challenges they present. Little of what the book reveals, however, would have been possible without the critical intersectional approach informing it. Thus, Chapter 7 concludes with a call for more intersectional approaches to investigating questions, both old and new, about political representation and categories of difference.

Women of Color in Academia

Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190927097.003.0006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 105-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claudia M. Bermúdez ◽

Rachel R. Camacho

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Transnational Feminism ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Faculty Of Color ◽

Economic Systems ◽

White People ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Systemic Nature ◽

And Gender ◽

Women Faculty Of Color

This chapter addresses the intersecting roles of race and gender that impact the lives of women faculty of color. The authors explore the overt and covert acts of hostility that they experienced while co-teaching a graduate-level class and challenged the racism and sexism embodied by some of their students. White fragility speaks to a state in which some White people refuse to acknowledge the systemic nature of racism from which they benefit on a daily basis, instead redirecting attention toward their feelings of discomfort when confronted with their racist behaviors. Hegemonic masculinity speaks to the ways in which some men benefit from political, social, and economic systems that legitimize patriarchy and the subordination of women. These phenomena, rooted in colonialist and imperialist histories that transnational feminism works to destabilize, viscerally affect women of color in the academy.

Shaking the Foundation: Women of Color in Sport

The Sport Psychologist ◽

10.1123/tsp.15.4.386 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 386-400 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Ruth L. Hall

Keyword(s):

Sport Psychology ◽

Women Of Color ◽

Gender Issues ◽

Race And Racism ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Playing Field ◽

Societal Norms ◽

And Gender ◽

Psychology Community ◽

Experiences Of Women

Feminist sport psychologists agree that the playing field is not level regarding gender issues in and out of sport and that sexism is alive and well. Ironically, the myth persists that race and racism are not prevalent in sport. Like any aspect of culture, sport is influenced by societal norms. Thus, for women of color, race and gender are accompanied by racism and sexism within and outside of athletics. The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine the experiences of women of color within sport and the feminist sport psychology community in particular. The feminist preoccupation with gender frequently ignores or minimizes race and cultural differences between women and the racism that can emerge in cross-racial interactions. The result is the marginalization of women of color.

Women of Color Negotiating Class, Race, and Gender

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e678102007-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Lelaina Romero ◽

Dianna Gonzalez ◽

Lisa S. Rosenzweig

Keyword(s):

Women Of Color ◽

Race And Gender ◽

And Gender

Career Pathways to NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Head Coach Positions: Do Race and Gender Matter?

Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal ◽

10.1123/wspaj.2018-0068 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 94-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Leslie K. Larsen ◽

Christopher J. Clayton

Keyword(s):

Ncaa Division I ◽

Women Of Color ◽

White Women ◽

Career Pathways ◽

Division I ◽

Head Coaches ◽

Head Coach ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Women's Basketball ◽

And Gender

In 2017–2018, more than 60% of NCAA Division I women’s basketball (DI WBB) players identified as women of color, while less than 17% of the head coaches of DI WBB teams identified as women of color. Larsen, Fisher, and Moret suggested differences in career pathways between black female head coaches and their white female and white and black male counterparts could be one explanation for the aforementioned discrepancy. However, there is currently limited research on the career pathways of DI WBB head coaches to support Larsen and colleagues’ hypothesis. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the career pathways of DI WBB head coaches to identify race and gender differences. To accomplish this, a content analysis was conducted on the online biographies of head coaches from all 351 DI WBB programs. Significant differences between groups were found in the number of years coaching in DI women’s basketball prior to receiving a first DI head coaching position; both white women (M = 6.97) and women of color (M = 7.94) had significantly more years in DI WBB coaching than white males (M = 4.95; F(3, 348) = 4.63, p = .003). Further, chi-square tests revealed a significant relationship between the race and gender of a coach and the highest level of playing experience and education. These results indicate that race and gender play a significant role in determining what pathway is required to obtain an DI WBB head coaching position. In addition to these research findings, practical implications are discussed.