Black Girls and Critical Media Literacy for Social Activism

Despite the largely degrading media representations of Blackness, historically, Black girls and women have been strong activists, disrupting narratives the media conveys about Black girl- and womanhood. Centering Black girls’ lived experience through critical media literacy can give them the opportu...

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Published in:English education 2016-07, Vol.48 (4), p.362-379
Main Author: McArthur, Sherell A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Activists
African American culture
African American literature
African Americans
American literature
Black people
Children & youth
Classroom Environment
Classrooms
Critical Literacy
Education
Empowerment
Females
Gender Bias
Ideology
Literacy
Media literacy
Narratives
Negotiation
Oppression
Political activism
Questioning
Racism
Reading instruction
Sexism
Social activism
Social change
Social media
Society
Stewart, Maria W (1803-1879)
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Thinking Skills
Women
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Summary:Despite the largely degrading media representations of Blackness, historically, Black girls and women have been strong activists, disrupting narratives the media conveys about Black girl- and womanhood. Centering Black girls’ lived experience through critical media literacy can give them the opportunity to develop the language to identify, deconstruct, and problematize the complexity of power operating in media and negotiate visibility by counternarrating racist, sexist, and classist media narratives with authentic stories of Black girlhood. This article centralizes Black girls in media literacy by articulating the aims of the individual and collective endeavors of the Black Girls’ Literacies Collective (BGLC). The author unpacks critical media literacy for classroom teachers and shares practical ways to employ media literacy for youth social activism to alter the educational landscape to effect change.
ISSN:0007-8204
1943-2216
DOI:10.58680/ee201628672