By learning from the experiences of Black college students, graduate students, and recent graduates who were identified as gifted during their K-12 years, this qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews offered a greater understanding of the impact the gifted label has had on gifted students of color, adding to the knowledge of Racial Battle Fatigue in this population.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn how the experiences of racial microaggressions make gifted Black students feeling unwelcome in their gifted classes and how teachers can avoid this.
Attendees will learn how racial microaggressions reiterate elitism in a way that reinforces differences between Black students and how teachers can avoid this.
Attendees will learn how racial microaggressions from educators and peers convey a rejection of Black educational spaces and how teachers can avoid this.
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