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"OUTSIDER WITHIN" THE FIREHOUSE

Subordination and Difference in the Social Interactions of African American Women Firefighters

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

PATRICIA ANIAKUDO

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

From the perspective of African American women firefighters, the authors examine the social interactions that make them excluded "outsiders within" their firehouses and different from not only dominant white men but also other subordinated groups of Black men and white women firefighters. Drawing on extensive survey data from 24 Black women career firefighters nationwide and detailed interviews with 22 of these, the authors found persistent and pervasive patterns of subordination through the exclusion of Black women, reflected in insufficient instruction, coworker hostility, silence, close supervision, lack of support, and stereotyping. Perceived differences of Black women from white and Black men as well as white women created strained relations, especially when Black men and white women gained some acceptance by virtue of their gender and race, respectively, and thus reportedly distanced themselves from Black women. The experiences of African American women firefighters highlight the omnirelevance and intertwining of race and gender.

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