Title:
The racial dimensions of gentrification: a participatory action research study on an African American congregation in Washington, D.C.
Author:
Amika Wilson-Brown
Thesis Advisor:
L. Mickey Fenzel
Committee Member:
Hannah Bayne
Committee Member:
Thomas E. Rodgerson
Committee Member:
Stephen Fowl
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2019
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
Between the years 2000 and 2013, Washington, DC was identified as having one of the highest cultural displacement rates among urban cities in the United States; with more than 20,000 African American residents supplanted, most often by White, affluent newcomers (NCRC, 2019). Gentrification has been strongly correlated with issues of socioeconomic status and race, thus playing a significant role in perpetuating discriminatory systems, like racial residential segregation (Chatman, 2017; Kirkland, 2008). This study provides a phenomenological investigation (Moustakas, 1994) of gentrification through the Participatory Action Research methodology (McIntyre, 2008) to capture the lived experiences of seven (7) African American residents (co-researchers) within the context of a Black church in a gentrifying neighborhood in Washington, DCWard 8. The study suggests that individuals in gentrifying communities may experience dehumanization, psychological distress, racial tension, social injustice, and spiritual coping responses. The co-researchers designed a community intervention video for use on social media platforms to share narratives of their personal reflections on gentrification at both personal and church community levels. Pastoral counseling implications and recommendations for expanded research, community intervention, and counseling practices are also discussed.
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Care
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Identifier:
Wilson-BrownA-19
