Coding for the Future: New Frontiers for African American Women in Technology

Barriers Facing African American Women in Technology

Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-987-8.ch008 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 49-54

Author(s):

Jianxia Du

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

African American Women ◽

Technology Education ◽

Self Perception ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

American Women ◽

Access To Technology ◽

Women In Technology ◽

History Of ◽

American Society

In technology education, African American women are normally in the minority. Contributing factors include the continuation of discrimination based on race and/or gender in American society, together with African American women’s own self-perception, which is itself influenced by their history of discrimination. These factors in turn affect their access to technology and technology education.

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Moving From Surviving to Thriving: African American Women Recovering From Intimate Male Partner Abuse

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice ◽

10.1891/rtnp.18.1.35.28056 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 35-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Janette Y. Taylor

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

African American Women ◽

Social Activism ◽

Male Partner ◽

Recovery Process ◽

Ethnographic Study ◽

Self Healing ◽

American Women ◽

The Future ◽

Purposive Sample

In this ethnographic study, a womanist framework was used to investigate the process of recovery from domestic violence. A purposive sample of African American women (N= 21) was interviewed to gain understanding of their recovery process. Survivorship-thriving was the overarching process. Six themes related to survivorship-thriving were identified: (a) Sharing secrets/Shattering silences—sharing information about the abuse with others; (b) Reclaiming the Self—defining oneself separate from abuser and society; (c) Renewing the Spirit—nurturing and restoring the spiritual and emotional self; (d) Self-healing through Forgiveness—forgiving their partners for the abuse and violence; (e) Finding Inspiration in the Future—looking to the future with optimism; and (f) Self-generativity by Engaging in Social Activism—participating in prosocial activities to promote social change. This article presents recovery oriented towards survivorship—thriving as a transformative process overall characterized by resilience and self-generativity. This represents more than just recovery as return to homeostasis or “back to normal.” Implications for survivor-informed practices are included.

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Remember, Me: An Interlocking Narrative of Black Women’s Past and Present

Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies ◽

10.1177/1532708617744575 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 52-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Renata Ferdinand

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Black Women ◽

African American Women ◽

Identity Politics ◽

Historical Events ◽

Performative Writing ◽

American Women ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Systems Of Domination

This is a postcolonial autoethnography that explores the historical and contemporary plight of African American women. Specifically, it uses narrative and performative writing to demonstrate how both groups operate within similar systems of domination, leading to their existence as a disenfranchised, liminal group. By bridging the past with the present, the author draws a parallel between the lives of contemporary Black women and their historical predecessors, thereby showing the connection between seemingly disparate historical events. Furthermore, this essay examines the author’s particular location as a diasporic subject, exploring how she exists in an illusion of freedom, and with a disjointed subjectivity. Summarily, this essay examines larger issues of race, gender, and the identity politics of the diasporic subject, all in an effort to show how the past is recapitulated into the present. It offers a more nuanced way of thinking about the past, present, and the future.

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