Toward a Black Feminist Reading of Migration

Abstract This chapter offers a Black feminist theoretical perspective on migration. Black feminism as a theoretical framework offers avenues for better understanding how social location shapes the experiences and trajectories of migrants, particularly those who are racialized minorities. Such a framework emphasizes the role of racism and racialization in shaping the dynamics of migration, as well as how they intersect with gender and sexuality, and structure inclusion and exclusion. This chapter is also in conversation with recent moves in sociology to more intentionally connect analyses of race and racism with the study of global migration. Recent scholarship has highlighted the role of white supremacy in migration studies, including how prior research relied on white normativity in examining the experiences and trajectories of migrants and their descendants.