1.0Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studieshttps://colleges.claremont.edu/africana-studiesJoseph Dicksonhttps://colleges.claremont.edu/africana-studies/author/josephdpitzer-edu/African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender - Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studiesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NFrJ0iUWvH"><a href="https://colleges.claremont.edu/africana-studies/2019/03/18/145/">African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://colleges.claremont.edu/africana-studies/2019/03/18/145/embed/#?secret=NFrJ0iUWvH" width="600" height="338" title="“African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender” — Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies" data-secret="NFrJ0iUWvH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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In African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender, Sheila Walker closely examines socioeconomic class and explores the way it shapes how African American girls experience race and gender in the process of their identity formation. While all the girls who participated in the two-year study are African American, their lives […]https://colleges.claremont.edu/africana-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2019/08/African-American-Girls-and-the-Construction-of-Identity-Class-Race-and-Gender.jpg