ERIC Number: EJ1472509
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 34
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
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A Sociohistorical Critique of the Systemic Disenfranchisement of Milwaukee's Black Women Childcare Providers
Crystasany R. Turner1; Michele Turner2
Urban Education, v60 n4 p1090-1123 2025
Through Critical Race Theory and Black Feminist Thought, the authors critique discriminatory legislation by Wisconsin's Department of Children and Families. The findings of this meta-ethnography present the counternarratives of 21 Black women childcare providers to interrogate the way Wisconsin early care and education (ECE) governing agencies (1) criminalize and police Black women ECE business owners; (2) utilize tactics of intimidation and control based in a lack of organizational integrity; (3) devalue the experiential knowledge and cultural wisdom of Black childcare providers through culturally unresponsive measurements of quality. Implications suggest steps toward a more culturally relevant system of quality assessment.
Descriptors: African Americans, Child Care, State Legislation, Early Childhood Education, Women Administrators, Urban Areas, Social Discrimination, State Agencies, Child Caregivers, African American Businesses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA; 2Madison College, Milwaukee, WI, USA