ABSTRACT
The authors in this section gathered around a virtual kitchen table, using the online platform Zoom, to engage in conversation around shared ideas and guiding questions about Black girls’ literacy practices. They participated in a conversation where they talked across their respective work as literacy educators and scholars who foreground Black feminist/womanist epistemologies in their personal, social, and professional lives. This kitchen table talk is organized around these sub questions:
Why is it critical that all educators acknowledge Black girls’ literacies in their work?
How are Black girls’ literacies honored in your work?
What considerations should researchers forefront when studying with Black girls and their literacy and language practices?
What practical recommendations would you offer educators working with Black girls?
In the sections that follow, we highlight our dialogic exchanges in response to these questions and conclude with final words of wisdom. To recreate our kitchen table talk, we video-recorded our Zoom chat and transcribed the video. Each section that follows captures key points that were made to address the guiding questions.