Conceptualizing Contemporary Black Homeschooling and Single Black Mothers’ Resistance

This chapter provides the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the study. The frameworks address the question “Is there really any difference between homeschooling among Black families compared to families of other ethnic/racial backgrounds?”. The chapter begins with a discussion of African American resistance theory and how single mothers’ homeschooling aligns with the conception of African American resistance. Connections between Black Feminist Thought including bell hooks’ concept of ‘homeplace’ are also presented in order to argue that contemporary homeschooling among Black families has become a mechanism to resist/counter/overcome/avoid racialized, discriminatory school-based experiences and to support the development of their children’s positive cultural self-identities. In addition, the chapter presents the Endarkened Feminist Epistemology’s influence on the methodology of the study.