Queer of Color Methodologies- Alexia Bacon

This week’s readings center around the intersections of race and sexuality, more specifically they critique the concepts of race and sexuality in the context of nationalism and imperialism.  It is interesting to examine these concepts through the history that the researcher presents to the reader.  All the readings help form ideas around a broad lens of queerness around subjects that were not necessarily directly related to sexual identity. 

For me this weeks readings was lot to take in.  It is interesting to think about the large effects that imperialism has on not only nations identity, but individuals identity formation.  The readings also provide examples of intergenerational trauma that people of color suffer from based on being forced to turn their narratives into narratives that model the while male perspective. 

When relating this back to my own work it is important to understand these concepts and perspectives.  Working with diverse groups of young people it is important to understand various aspects that could possible make up there identity.  I also found it helpful to reflect on the histories discussed in the Ferguson reading, and the trauma that those histories weave into families. 

Discussion Question

·      What does research look like that uses queer of color methodologies, but is in disciplines that do not normally function within these lenses?

·      How could research and these methodologies benefit cultural relevancy within education?