Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Social Work

Advisor

Paula Moore

Abstract

Black women living in North America experience gendered racial microaggressions injurious confrontations in every social setting due to simultaneous discrimination involving race and gender. This basic qualitative research study aimed to explore the perceptions of Black women in this society with gendered racial microaggressions to discover how they perceive the cumulative effects of this phenomenon on their psychological well-being by utilizing intersectionality as the study's conceptual framework. Data collection occurred via interviews with a sample size of five Black women ages 51 and older who were born and raised in North America that self-reported experiencing gendered racial microaggressions. Participants were also asked about their perceptions of the subsequent cumulative adverse effects on their psychological well-being. Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis was used in this study to form codes and draw from these codes to identify and define six emerging themes. These themes included, Theme 1: Gendered Racism Experiences, Theme 2: The Black Woman is in Crisis, Theme 3: Grief and Loss, Theme 4: Physical Health Issues, Theme 5: Mental Health Issues, and Theme 6: Invisibility and Silencing. Key findings include the participants perceiving their experience with gendered racial microaggressions as negatively affecting their psychological well-being. Recommendations for future research are to expand the current study by having the experiences of a larger sample size of Black immigrant women with the phenomenon. Thus, as a result, augmenting social workers' practices regarding how organizations, particularly for Black women, deal with gendered racial microaggressions to promote social change and social justice on their behalf.

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