Our second discussion on “Mothering While Black” was on p.21-75.
Using the experiences you had while discussing this section of the book, please answer the following in as much space as needed:
In Creating Racial Safety & Comfort and Border Crossers Dow analyzes the parenting strategies of black women in this study.
- What are the strategies explicitly discussed in this section of the book?
- What do these parenting strategies tell us about the social world in which these black women live? Remember, these mothers are responding to the built, intentionally designed social environments in which they find themselves.
Our third discussion on “Mothering While Black” was on p.76-122.
Using the experiences you had while discussing this section of the book, please answer the following in as much space as needed:
In Border Policers (Ch.3) and Border Transcenders(Ch.4) Dow continues her analysis of the parenting strategies of black women in this study.
- Identify and explain a specific parenting strategy you remember from one of these chapters. What surprised you about this parenting strategy? Why was this surprising to you?
- What do you think explains why border policers and border transcenders approach parenting in such different ways?
Our fourth discussion on “Mothering While Black” was on p.123-163.
Using the experiences you had while discussing this section of the book, please answer the following in as much space as needed:
- Racial Histories of Family and Work (Ch.6) describes how the competing cultural expectations of black womanhood & motherhood influence womens decision in this study to work or stay-at-home. We see this conflict play out when Dow discusses stay-at-home mothers in this chapter.
- What are the two competing cultural expectations that black middle- and upper-class mothers face that their white counterparts dont face?
- How do they reconcile this conflict?
- How would you?
There are 2 questions you need to answer in order to receive full credit for this final MWB reflection:
- In at least one paragraph (or more!), what is one thing you will remember from reading “Mothering While Black”?
- In at least one paragraph (or more!), what is one thing you would like me to know about your experience reading “Mothering While Black”?
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