On the Margins of College Life: The Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Minority Men in the Extracurriculum

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-175
Author(s):  
Blake R. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Campus Climate ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
College Life ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Identity Strategies ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

Today, racial and ethnic minority (REM) men complete college at lower rates and perceive a less welcoming campus climate than their white and female peers. Although these disparities in perceptions and outcomes are well-documented, we know less about how they are produced. Drawing on an ethnographic study at a four-year public university, I examine the experiences of REM men in the extracurricular realm of college. Findings illuminate how students become locked into narrow identity strategies in order to distance themselves from controlling images and conform to the demands of peers. These styles of self-presentation offer limited emotional dividends, making it difficult to feel a durable sense of belonging. Further, social class intersects with race and gender, shaping the capacity of REM men to navigate mistreatment and marginalization in the broader extracurricular landscape. This research has implications for scholarship and for efforts to support REM men in higher education.

scholarly journals Balancing Research and Service in Academia: Gender, Race, and Laboratory Tasks

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace Miller ◽  
Josipa Roksa
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
White Men ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Gender And Race ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gendered Organizations ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Depth Interviews

Our study highlights specific ways in which race and gender create inequality in the workplace. Using in-depth interviews with 67 biology PhD students, we show how engagement with research and service varies by both gender and race. By considering the intersection between gender and race, we find not only that women biology graduate students do more service than men, but also that racial and ethnic minority men do more service than white men. White men benefit from a combination of racial and gender privilege, which places them in the most advantaged position with respect to protected research time and opportunities to build collaborations and networks beyond their labs. Racial/ethnic minority women emerge as uniquely disadvantaged in terms of their experiences relative to other groups. These findings illuminate how gendered organizations are also racialized, producing distinct experiences for women and men from different racial groups, and thus contribute to theorizing the intersectional nature of inequality in the workplace.

scholarly journals Intersecting race and gender stereotypes: Implications for group-level attitudes

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1172-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis E. Phills ◽  
Amanda Williams ◽  
Jennifer M. Wolff ◽  
Ashley Smith ◽  
Rachel Arnold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Men ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
South Asians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Two studies examined the relationship between explicit stereotyping and prejudice by investigating how stereotyping of minority men and women may be differentially related to prejudice. Based on research and theory related to the intersectional invisibility hypothesis (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008), we hypothesized that stereotyping of minority men would be more strongly related to prejudice than stereotyping of minority women. Supporting our hypothesis, in both the United Kingdom (Study 1) and the United States (Study 2), when stereotyping of Black men and women were entered into the same regression model, only stereotyping of Black men predicted prejudice. Results were inconsistent in regard to South Asians and East Asians. Results are discussed in terms of the intersectional invisibility hypothesis (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008) and the gendered nature of the relationship between stereotyping and attitudes.

scholarly journals Bias in Online Recruitment and Retention of Racial and Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick S Sullivan ◽  
Christine M Khosropour ◽  
Nicole Luisi ◽  
Matthew Amsden ◽  
Tom Coggia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Online Recruitment ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

scholarly journals Samarita Ibanez: An Identity Journey from First Life to Second

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samara Mamatovna Anarbaeva
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Global Space ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Virtual Body

When we are given the chance to have a Second Life online, we often choose to modify our offline selves with a little something extra, e.g. younger looking skin or a taller figure, or we choose a slightly different direction in terms of race and/or gender. This paper explores the construction of a Second Life avatar's identity in terms of race, and gender. In Second Life, users can embody a virtual body similar to or different from their offline body. Avatars are created by people who sit in front of a computer with a set of lived experiences, identities, characteristics, and beliefs. This work describes one avatar's journey into Second Life, focusing on the intersections of offline and online materializations of raced and gendered identities. In creating a second self, how do power imbalances based on gender and ethnicity within global space shape the creation of an avatar? What social and communicative issues emerge through Second Life existences? In order to respond to these questions, an ethnographic study as well as interviews with three different users of Second Life were conducted to examine the steps an individual takes when he or she becomes a resident of Second Life.

scholarly journals Struggles and Strategies of Black Women Business Owners in the U.S.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor M. Jackson ◽  
Paromita Sanyal
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
White Men ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Women Business Owners ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Gender Minorities ◽  
And Gender

Black women start businesses at a rate above the national average. Yet, a revenue gap persists when compared to businesses owned by Black men and White men and women. Existing explanations for the differences in revenue highlight the lack of experience and limited access to start-up capital that constrain racial and gender minorities and also the type of industries in which they operate. Research specifically examining Black women business owners is very limited. In this article, we explore if Black women business owners’ gender and racial identities pose challenges to running their businesses. We find that, because of their race and gender, Black women business owners contend with unique challenges that many entrepreneurs do not face. In-depth interviews reveal that they confront negative stereotypes held about them and, surprisingly, experience difficulties interacting with Black clients. These entrepreneurs cite navigation strategies that include monitoring self-presentation, adopting standards of excellence, and creating clear professional boundaries. This study suggests that Black women business owners might be spending more time than other business owners navigating challenges specifically linked to their identity, which seems to impact their business directly.

Programmatic Approach to Improving Campus Climate

NASPA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Spiegel Woodard ◽  
Johnnie M. Sims
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Campus Climate ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Ethnic Minority Students ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

This study describes one small, private, predominantly White college's model for change in its efforts to improve campus climate for racial and ethnic minority students. The college's "wedge" model outlines activities, support systems, curricular changes, and attitude work that impact the process of change.

Health Disparities Among Men from Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
CONSTANCE DALLAS ◽  
LINDA BURTON
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Malignant Neoplasms ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Alaskan Native ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

The purpose of this chapter is to review empirical nursing literature on the health care of racial and ethnic minority men, specifically African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander men. CINAHL and MEDLINE computer databases were searched from their earliest online date until 2003 using a combination of manual and computer-based methods to identify the nursing literature with samples that included minority men. Articles were selected according to their relevance to the four areas of adult health disparities targeted by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): heart disease, malignant neoplasms (cancer), diabetes, and HIV/AIDS.A total of 52 empirical articles were selected. Findings were categorized as addressing disease prevention, disease screening, or disease management of the targeted conditions. This review demonstrates that some important work has already been accomplished in nursing research to address the four adult health disparities targeted by DHHS. Future research should be based on gaps identified in existing literature and should be guided by culturally appropriate theories and constructs.

Referral Patterns for Youths Identified at Risk for Suicide by Trained Gatekeepers

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rodi ◽  
Lucas Godoy Garraza ◽  
Christine Walrath ◽  
Robert L. Stephens ◽  
D. Susanne Condron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Referral Patterns ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive

Background: In order to better understand the posttraining suicide prevention behavior of gatekeeper trainees, the present article examines the referral and service receipt patterns among gatekeeper-identified youths. Methods: Data for this study were drawn from 26 Garrett Lee Smith grantees funded between October 2005 and October 2009 who submitted data about the number, characteristics, and service access of identified youths. Results: The demographic characteristics of identified youths are not related to referral type or receipt. Furthermore, referral setting does not seem to be predictive of the type of referral. Demographic as well as other (nonrisk) characteristics of the youths are not key variables in determining identification or service receipt. Limitations: These data are not necessarily representative of all youths identified by gatekeepers represented in the dataset. The prevalence of risk among all members of the communities from which these data are drawn is unknown. Furthermore, these data likely disproportionately represent gatekeepers associated with systems that effectively track gatekeepers and youths. Conclusions: Gatekeepers appear to be identifying youth across settings, and those youths are being referred for services without regard for race and gender or the settings in which they are identified. Furthermore, youths that may be at highest risk may be more likely to receive those services.

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