Happy Friday loves!
After a long week of teaching 2 year olds, I am excited for some adult conversation that does not begin and end with "No thank you" or "that is not a good choice". Lol.
This week is all about ethics and research abd one thing I love are a good controversies. A topic of discussion is examples of how research has been utilized as a positive impact on society and/or community.
I utilized my political-science background for this because what immediately came to mind was Brown v. Board of Education - the historic, landmark decision that desegregated public school across the nation. Now, I know what you are thinking and probably wondering why and how Brown v Board has anything to do with research. On the contrary, its jurisprudence lies within the monumental research of Kenneth and Mamie Clark's infamous "Doll Test".
Fun fact: Brown v Board was almost tossed out due to a lack of substantial evidence that supported the claim that segregated schooling was a violation of basic human rights and imposed harm to children of color. It wasn't until the Clark's conducted their doll test when The United States Supreme Court had to overturn the Plessy v Ferguson Decision of "Seperate but Equal" due to the proufound psychological effects found in the segregation children based on color. 👊👊👊🙌🙌🙌 (Thank you Professor McKenzie at University of Illinois at Chicago for giving me this information years ago during undergrad during my Law and Public Policy course 😘😘)
The court found that the research of The Clarks validated the claims that children of color would receive the harmful physical and psychological effects of segregation due to the seperate but equal legislation. The foll test concluded that Black children found themselves not only inferior to white children but viewed themselves as unequivocally comparable to white children in any degree. Buzz words such as "ugly", "bad", "mean" were used to describe themselves as "nice" "beautiful" and "kind" were used to describe the white dolls.
Basically, we have desegregated school (by law) due to research of two proud African American. *drops mic*
Bergner, G. (2009). Black children, White preference: Brown v. Board, the doll tests, and the politics of self-esteem. American Quarterly, 61(2), 299-332.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
So....I think I want my PhD now....
Happy Thursday friends!
I am completing my blog a little early because I have a jammed pack weekend coming up and I want my time free.
With a new semester in full force, I find myself not only personally challeneged with this course but also professionally challenged. This is the first course at Walden where I am pushing beyond my limits and I'm impressed. Kudos to Walden 👊🙌🙌🙌
On another note, we have a research assignment that we are prepping for and it has officially sealed my ambitions on obtaining a PhD. I intend to enroll at Northwestern University in Chicago (my hometown) and obtain my PhD. in Human Development and Social Policy. I am HIGHLY intrigued by how social/public policy affects the overall development of a child.
Which leads me to my research subject of studying how Racisim and Systematic Oppression is the premise to the decreased life span of African-American youth. As a black woman, I know nothing but stress, struggle, poor life decisions, and broken homes/community. It is the unfortunate reality and truth to many of our inner-city African Americans in Urban communities.
Studying urban poverty by looking at social attitudes and policy is a unique way to analyze how these have detrimental, long term effects on the cognitive develooment of Black children as well as their Long term health.
When I heard stress kills, I thought it was a metaphor. No, it LITERALLY KILLS. Research has shown that stress literally contributes to the deterioration of the human DNA through aging of cells (Needham, 2012). Also, Black women are 2x more likely to experience premature birth, low birth weight, and/or fetal death due to factors of socioeconomic stress (Hogue, 2005).
As a mother that lost her son due to premature delivery, this hits home. I want to drive deeper into this subject and understand more of the root to offer a viable solution.
Resources for your consideration:
Hogue, C. J. R., & Bremner, J. D. (2005). Stress model for research into preterm delivery among black women. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 192(5), S47-S55.
Needham, B. L., Fernandez, J. R., Lin, J., Epel, E. S., & Blackburn, E. H. (2012). Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children. Social science & medicine, 74(12), 1948-1951.
I am completing my blog a little early because I have a jammed pack weekend coming up and I want my time free.
With a new semester in full force, I find myself not only personally challeneged with this course but also professionally challenged. This is the first course at Walden where I am pushing beyond my limits and I'm impressed. Kudos to Walden 👊🙌🙌🙌
On another note, we have a research assignment that we are prepping for and it has officially sealed my ambitions on obtaining a PhD. I intend to enroll at Northwestern University in Chicago (my hometown) and obtain my PhD. in Human Development and Social Policy. I am HIGHLY intrigued by how social/public policy affects the overall development of a child.
Which leads me to my research subject of studying how Racisim and Systematic Oppression is the premise to the decreased life span of African-American youth. As a black woman, I know nothing but stress, struggle, poor life decisions, and broken homes/community. It is the unfortunate reality and truth to many of our inner-city African Americans in Urban communities.
Studying urban poverty by looking at social attitudes and policy is a unique way to analyze how these have detrimental, long term effects on the cognitive develooment of Black children as well as their Long term health.
When I heard stress kills, I thought it was a metaphor. No, it LITERALLY KILLS. Research has shown that stress literally contributes to the deterioration of the human DNA through aging of cells (Needham, 2012). Also, Black women are 2x more likely to experience premature birth, low birth weight, and/or fetal death due to factors of socioeconomic stress (Hogue, 2005).
As a mother that lost her son due to premature delivery, this hits home. I want to drive deeper into this subject and understand more of the root to offer a viable solution.
Resources for your consideration:
Hogue, C. J. R., & Bremner, J. D. (2005). Stress model for research into preterm delivery among black women. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 192(5), S47-S55.
Needham, B. L., Fernandez, J. R., Lin, J., Epel, E. S., & Blackburn, E. H. (2012). Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children. Social science & medicine, 74(12), 1948-1951.
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