Previous research has identified contextual factors that influence gendered racial identity development among Black women. Less is known about the specific process of Black women’s gendered racial identity development and the meaning Black women ascribe to their gendered racial identity. In the current study, we sought to identify phases of this process and the types of gendered racial ideologies that Black women endorse during their identity development. Drawing on intersectionality and Black feminist theory, we analyzed the data to center these findings within the unique sociocultural context of Black women’s experiences. A total of 19 Black women at a large, predominantly White Southeastern public university participated in semi-structured individual interviews about their gendered racial identity development. Using constructivist grounded theory to guide our data analysis, we found four phases of the developmental process (hyperawareness, reflection, rejection, and navigation), each of which was influenced by various factors unique to Black women’s intersectional experiences. We also found six gendered racial ideologies (assimilation, humanist, defiance, strength, pride, and empowerment), which represent Black women’s values, beliefs, and attitudes toward their gendered racial identity. We found that Black women utilized aspects of their gendered racial identity in ways to protect themselves from gendered racism and intersectional oppression. Researchers, practitioners, educators, and policy makers can utilize this conceptual framework to increase their critical awareness of the complexity of Black women’s gendered racial identity development.

先前的研究已经确定了影响黑人女性性别认同发展的背景因素。关于黑人妇女的性别种族认同发展的具体过程以及黑人妇女归因于其性别种族身份的含义所知甚少。在当前的研究中，我们试图确定这一过程的各个阶段以及黑人妇女在其身份发展过程中所支持的性别种族意识形态的类型。利用交叉性和黑人女性主义理论，我们分析了数据，以将这些发现集中在黑人妇女经历的独特社会文化背景下。一所大型的，以白人为主的东南公立大学的总共19名黑人妇女参加了关于她们的性别种族认同发展的半结构化个人访谈。使用建构主义扎根理论指导我们的数据分析，我们发现了发展过程的四个阶段（超敏，反射，排斥和导航），每个阶段都受到黑人女性交往经历独特的多种因素的影响。我们还发现了六种性别的种族意识形态（同化，人本主义，反抗，力量，自豪感和赋权），它们代表了黑人女性的价值观，信仰和对其性别认同的态度。我们发现黑人妇女利用自己的性别种族特征来保护自己免受性别种族主义和相处压迫。研究人员，从业人员，教育者和政策制定者可以利用这一概念框架来增强对黑人女性性别认同发展的复杂性的批判意识。