"אני בטוח אהיה מט"בית, גם אימא שלי מט"בית, אולי זה אצלנו הגורל": זהות תעסוקתית איכותית בקרב נערות אתיופיות בשוק עבודה ממוגדר ומגזיע

This article summarizes findings from an action research that accompanied a workshop for girls whose families immigrated from Ethiopia. The action research explores the conditions under which these adolescent girls experience a workshop aimed at strengthening occupational aspirations as relevant support or assistance that can help them overcome their experience as “Black” girls in White Israeli society. The girls’ responses to the workshop apparently reflect their beliefs in their ability to resist racism. Several girls perceive the barriers they encounter on their way toward quality employment as social and structural barriers rather than personal barriers. As a result, they experienced the workshop as a space that offers significant knowledge and relevant tools for resisting social shame and vulnerability. Other girls, who felt deeply ashamed by their inability to integrate into the labor market, rejected the contents of the workshop, which they perceived as yet another racist structure that recreates alienation