Ramdeo, Janet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-8572 (2024) Re-imagining Black women teachers in schools: challenging racial stereotypes and controlling images. In: ‘Be the Change in Education’, Re-imagining Learning Communities (RILC) Conference 2024, 15th Mar, 2024, London South Bank University.

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Abstract

Research on Black women teachers is overwhelmingly negative, focussing on their oppressive experiences and how white gaze (Good, 2000, p. 105) appropriates a range of unhelpful and damaging stereotypes upon them. There is a palpable vacuum of knowledge and discussion of alternative perceptions of these women in school spaces. This talk provides counter-narratives to challenge the prevailing stereotypes of Black women teachers in England that enable us to re-imagine their place and value in education. Through the lens of Crenshaw’s (1991) representational intersectionality (one of three dimensions of her intersectional analytical framework) and Collins’ (2000) consciousness of Black feminist thought, this talk presents the findings of research with ten Black women teachers to illuminate and share their experiences of resistance and courage that reframes the negative stereotyping grand narrative on Black women, specifically in schools.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Keynote)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Black women educators, stereotypes and controlling images, Black feminist thought
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Education (EDU)
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2026 12:28
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/52459

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