ABSTRACT

Previous scholarship has documented women of color’s experiences in professions such as law and medicine, but less research has explored how women of color experience the process of becoming members of professions. Using academia as a case I draw from interviews with thirty women at a single research-intensive university to demonstrate that women of color have different orientations to professional membership as compared to white women. These differences are made evident by women of color’s extra work to justify and make sense of inclusion in the profession, their beliefs about research, and their participation strategies. I argue women of color differentiate themselves from their white peers by crafting a moralized version of the profession.

摘要

以前的奖学金记录了有色人种女性在法律和医学等职业中的经历，但很少有研究探讨有色人种女性如何体验成为职业成员的过程。以学术界为例，我从一所研究密集型大学对 30 名女性的采访中得出结论，与白人女性相比，有色人种女性对专业会员的定位不同。这些差异通过有色人种女性的额外工作来证明和理解该职业的包容性、她们对研究的信念以及她们的参与策略而变得明显。我认为有色人种女性通过制定职业道德化版本将自己与白人同龄人区分开来。