ERIC Number: EJ1465753
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-527X
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Black Diasporic Frameworks with Implications for Black Immigrant Youth Research: A Theoretical Essay
Kwadwo Oppong-Wadie
Research in the Teaching of English, v59 n2 p237-256 2024
The immigration of Black people from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America to the United States can be described as a phenomenon that is not of recent origin (Konadu-Agyeman, Takyi, & Arthur, 2006). The review of legislative policies at the height of the Civil Rights movement in 1965 and the subsequent abolition of restrictive immigration laws made it possible for immigration from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America to occur (Hamilton, 2020; Konadu-Agyeman & Takyi, 2006). Cultural practices, epistemologies, ontologies, semiotic resources, and axiologies have been introduced into these new environments as a result of these waves of Black migration (Amoako, 2006; Benson, 2006; Bryce-Laporte, 1972; Dei 2005; N'Diaye & N'Diaye, 2006; Shaw-Taylor & Tuch, 2007; Watson, 2020). This essay proposes the use of theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding such phenomena. Black immigrant youth cultural practices and values are explored through Africana phenomenological theoretical perspectives and Sankofa and Tete wo bi kyere conceptual frameworks. This article highlights the importance of studying the experiences of Black immigrant youth through the use of African frameworks as crucial tools for investigating and understand the experiences of Black immigrant youth.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Latin Americans, African Culture, Immigrants, Youth, Immigration, Literacy, Indigenous Knowledge, College Students, Cultural Capital, Cultural Activities
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Caribbean; Latin America; United States
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