Growing Up Black, Female, and Working Class: A Teacher's Narrative

This discussion contributes to emergent literature on teacher biographies and on the schooling of black girls. The author examines some childhood experiences of a contemporary woman African‐Caribbean Canadian teacher, Ese, who grew up in England. The author traces the development of Ese's present consciousness by examining how her experiences of marginality at the intersections of her race, gender, and class have informed her current practice in predominantly African Canadian, low‐income settings in southern Ontario. The data are drawn from a larger ethnographic study on black women teachers' lives and practices. Based on her findings, the author concludes with a discussion of future research agendas for young black girls.