@article{THESIS,
      recid = {5145},
      author = {Chalasani, Gitika},
      title = {Analyzing Race and Internalized Colonialism in  Contemporary American Society Through Autoethnographic  Inquiry},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2022-12},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {This paper provides a written narrative of how  socio-political marginalization from colonial  internalization maintains a grasp on our psyches and can be  pervasive in our personal histories, perpetuating a  “fragility” that fosters internal, racial tension (Ellis,  Adams, & Bochner, 2011; Elam, 2019; DiAngelo, 2018). Our  internalization of marginalization remains with us even  when we no longer occupy spaces in which we are minorities  and continues to inform how we view the world and formulate  opinions (Gutiérrez, 2004). Therefore, it is of utmost  importance that, as communities and as individuals, we  promote conversations about internalized values regarding  racial and ethnic identity to unpack and heal these  colonial traumas. Through the research methodology of  autoethnographic inquiry, I aim to put forth an embodied  narrative as a brown woman growing and existing in a  predominantly white space that validates the depth and  realness of the internalized colonialism that remains an  obstacle to realization and progress for many ethnically  diverse communities within contemporary American society  (McMillan & Ramirez, 2016; Muncey, 2010). With my chosen  method of autoethnography I engage not just in personal  inquiry but also in political assertion, embracing both  personal and political contexts to holistically reflect  meaning embedded in lived experience (Jones, 2005; Ellis,  Adams, & Bochner, 2011).},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/5145},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5145},
}