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Any unjust situation where one group denies another group is considered as oppression. This condition is possibly initiated by groups that assume their internal attribute as superior to another group.
Elly Santi Pertiwi+1 more
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“Unmanageable”: Exploring Black Girlhood, Storytelling, and Ideas of Beauty
This article explores how Black women use storytelling to construct their Black girlhood on the axes of Black hair and beauty politics. The study includes a discourse analysis of a series of focus groups with a student organization dedicated to Black ...
Rowe Kristin Denise
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The Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing
Efforts to broaden participation in computing have led to gender-focused interventions intended to increase the number of women in the field of computing.
Yolanda A. Rankin, J. Thomas
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"The Aesthetics of Excess" by Jillian Hernandez is a dazzling and provocative book that deploys the aesthetic as a category to grasp with great care the lives and representations of Black and Latina women whose performance of gender exceeds the white ...
Iván Ramos
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Making Black Women Scientists under White Empiricism: The Racialization of Epistemology in Physics
In this article I take on the question of how the exclusion of Black American women from physics impacts physics epistemologies, and I highlight the dynamic relationship between this exclusion and the struggle for women to reconcile “Black woman” with ...
C. Prescod-Weinstein
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Background: The presence of African women in mathematics has been nearly invisible. The underrepresentation of African women in this field is a result of their historical socio-political marginalisation.
Zamambo Mkhize
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Research supports that exposure to stressors (e.g., perceived stress, racism) during pregnancy can negatively impact the immune system, which may lead to infection and ultimately increases the risk for having a preterm or low birth weight infant.
B. Chambers+15 more
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The impact of COVID-19 among Black women: evaluating perspectives and sources of information
Objectives Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has burgeoned into a pandemic that highlights the countless social and health disparities that have existed in Black communities within the United States for centuries.
Rasheeta D. Chandler+6 more
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An Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Histotypes Across the African Diaspora
ObjectiveOvarian cancer in Black women is common in many West African countries but is relatively rare in North America. Black women have worse survival outcomes when compared to White women.
Sophia H. L. George+120 more
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Mental Health Strategies Informed by Black Feminist Thought
There is currently a gap in the literature that explicitly connects Black feminist thought with psychological theory, research, or intervention. This article review aims to assist in filling the gap and inspire scholars to actively utilize the knowledge ...
Oliphant Vanessa Nicole+3 more
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