Date of Award
4-2018
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Rebecca Alexander
Second Advisor
Leigh-Anne Goins
Third Advisor
Alicia Suarez
Abstract
This research examines Black mothers’ narratives about the foster care system as counterstorytelling. This study analyzes the different ways Black mothers challenge systemic oppression through Critical Race Theory. This study offers a critical insight into the challenges Black mothers encounter with the foster care system and the different state actors that participate in maintaining common stereotype of Black mothers as poor parents. This project highlights the the role of the foster care system in suppressing Black mothers’ ability to care for and protect their children. This study critiques the state’s hypersurveillance and hypercriminalization of Black mothers and by extent, Black children. This project situates systemic racism, classism, and sexism so as to locate Black women within that paradigm. Lastly, this project offers a call to action that will mobilize readers to engage in activities that will undermine state violence towards Black women.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Shanae, "Interpreting Black Women’s Narratives about the Foster Care System as Counterstorytelling" (2018). Honor Scholar Theses. 89, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch/89
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Sociology Commons
Comments
Honor Scholar Thesis