ERIC Number: EJ1215940
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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"I'm a Black Female Who Happens to Be Muslim": Multiple Marginalities of an Immigrant Black Muslim Woman on a Predominantly White Campus
McGuire, Keon M.; Casanova, Saskias; Davis, Charles H. F., III
Journal of Negro Education, v85 n3 p316-329 Sum 2016
Often scholarship concerning religion and spirituality overwhelmingly privileges White, male, Christian students' perspectives and fail to interrogate the interplay of cultural, gender, and racial dynamics within these investigations. Even further, very few studies examine the experiences of those who occupy multiple marginalized social categories. Therefore, this study seeks to advance our collective knowledge by closely engaging the narrative of an individual case of a Black, Muslim, immigrant, female college student born in Saudi Arabia. Using intersectionality, particularly Collins' matrix of domination, as the basis of the theoretical framework, we present findings that relate to how her gendered, religious, immigrant, racial, and ethnic identities influenced interactions across multiple communities and the strategies she used to navigate diverse educational spaces.
Descriptors: Females, Muslims, Blacks, Immigrants, College Students, Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Religious Factors, Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Interaction, Coping, Islam, Social Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia; United States
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