APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
#Blackgirlmagic: How Hyper-Humanization Silences the Realities of Oppression and Resistance
- Leoandra Rogers
Northwestern University - Lily Sahaguian
Northwestern University
Abstract
We analyzed semi-structured interviews of 56 Black adolescent girls to examine how they conceptualize the meaning of #BlackGirlMagic, a space that celebrates beauty but potentially silences oppression. The majority of our sample viewed #BlackGirlMagic as a space for self-affirmation (73%) and to combat racial and gendered narratives of oppression (57%).
Adolescent