Understanding Masculinity in Undergraduate African American Men

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Mincey ◽  
Moya Alfonso ◽  
Amy Hackney ◽  
John Luque
Keyword(s):  
Black Men ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Black College ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
College And University ◽  
Predominately White Institution ◽  
White Institution ◽  
Black Man

This study reports findings on views of masculinity with undergraduate Black men, which included interviews and focus groups ( N = 46) with participants ranging in age from 18 to 22 years. Specifically, this study explored how Black men define being a man and being a Black man. Undergraduate Black males at a historically Black college and university ( N = 25) and a predominately White institution ( N = 21) in the Southeastern United States were recruited to participate in this study. Through the use of thematic analysis, findings indicated that three levels of masculinity exist for Black men: what it means to be a man, what it means to be a Black man, and who influences male development. Implications and recommendations for future research and practice are discussed.

Emerging Black Scholars: Critical Reflections on the Impact of the Association of Black Psychologists

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 772-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oba T. Woodyard ◽  
Cecile A. Gadson
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Black College ◽  
Black Psychology ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Personal Training ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Predominately White Institution ◽  
White Institution ◽  
African Black ◽  
The Impact

This article highlights two Student Circle members’ reflections on how the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) has had an impact on their development as emerging scholars, clinicians, and advocates in African (Black) psychology. The emerging scholars share their personal training experiences at a predominately White institution and historical Black college/university. Reflections also include how ABPsi members and scholarly works have influenced their identities as future African (Black) psychologists. In addition, the history, meaning, and personal experience with jegnaship will be discussed. Finally, this reflection concludes with a call to action for students to get involved in shaping the future of ABPsi.

scholarly journals Depressive Symptomatology of Black College Men

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne C. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
College Men ◽  
Black College ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Predominately White Institution ◽  
White Institution ◽  
Class Status ◽  
Black Institution

Black Americans have poorer health than the rest of the nation and are exposed to a wider range of social and environmental factors that adversely impact their health. Although it may be presumed that men who acquire a college education will also attain middle-class status, middle-class status does not provide Black men with the anticipated reductions for at least some health risks. This study presents preliminary findings from a study designed to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Black college men (n=115) at a predominately white institution and a historically Black institution. Results suggest that although depressive symptoms for the Black college men in the sample were relatively low, participants from the predominately white institution reported slightly higher on individual depression items and had a higher total depression score than participants from the historically Black institution. Findings from this study have implications for the provision of adequate mental health services for Black college men as well as future research conducted with this population regarding their health and health behaviors.

Basketball’s Black Tax? An Examination of Historically Black College and University Men’s Basketball Guarantee Game Compensation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Willis A. Jones ◽  
Wayne L. Black
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Black College ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
College And University ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Equal Compensation

Guarantee games are among the most important revenue streams for historically Black college and university (HBCU) intercollegiate athletics departments. Some scholars, however, have critiqued these games and even questioned their legality. This study examined the contracts of guarantee games in men’s basketball to assess whether HBCUs and non-HBCUs are equally compensated for their participation in these games. The findings point to the existence of a basketball “Black tax” where HBCUs are not given equal compensation for their participation in men’s college basketball guarantee games. The authors discuss the implications of this inequality along with recommendations for future research.

Traditional and Nontraditional High-Achieving Black Males’ Strategies for Interacting With Faculty at a Historically Black College and University

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon B. Goings
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Black College ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
College And University ◽  
Faculty Relationships ◽  
High Achieving

This study explored the academic and social experiences of high-achieving Black males attending a historically Black university and their interactions with faculty. In particular, this study investigated the strategies traditional (ages 18–24) and nontraditional (ages 25 and over) high achievers used to foster positive classroom interactions with professors. Findings indicate that traditional participants used a strategy they described as “standing out” in order to foster faculty relationships and distinguish themselves from other Black males on campus. The nontraditional participants mastered what they described as “never outshine the master,” a tactical and political strategy used with professors to avoid being offensive, being seen as a know-it-all, or negatively impacting their grades. These strategies are described and the article concludes with implications for historically Black college and university faculty and future research.

scholarly journals “No CAP”: Reflections on the Intersectionality, Positionality and the Experiences of Navigating Race as a Black Male Criminologist

2021 ◽  
pp. 215336872110112
Author(s):  
Joseph Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Occupational Prestige ◽  
Predominately White Institutions ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Henry Louis Gates ◽  
Predominately White Institution ◽  
White Institution

The arrest of respected Black professor and scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., by the Cambridge Police Department in 2009 for allegedly breaking into his own home proverbially “set the table” for this discussion. Following his arrest, Gates noted: “There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them. This is outrageous and this is how poor black men across the country are treated every day in the criminal justice system. It’s one thing to write about it, but altogether another to experience it.” Regardless of social class or occupational prestige, Black professors at predominately White institutions are subjected to hyper-surveillance and racially bias policing in public spaces on campus. Using intersectionality and positionality as conceptual frameworks, this paper describes the lived experiences of a Black professor and criminologist at a predominately White institution and his encounters with the university’s police department and the carceral state. Using Armour’s (2020) N*gga Theory, which is framed by Critical Race Theory, I analyze the relationship between race, class, unequal justice, and the politics of respectability. I use Armour’s N*gga Theory (2020) to show solidarity between those vilified as a “crime prone” Black underclass, and the less “crime prone” Black bourgeoisie. Although, the Black bourgeoisie in the academy may embrace the politics of respectability, according to N*gga Theory there is no moral or political distinction between the those considered good Negroes and those considered bad.

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS Knowledge of Undergraduate Students at a Historically Black College and University

Diseases ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Andrew ◽  
Azad Bhuiyan ◽  
Anthony Mawson ◽  
Sarah Buxbaum ◽  
Jung Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Black College ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
Infection Transmission ◽  
College And University ◽  
Aids Knowledge

Objective: This study among 400 undergraduate students enrolled at Jackson State University (JSU) study aimed to assess knowledge about HIV and AIDS among African-American undergraduate students attending a historically black college and university. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Data were collected using a validated, self-administered, and standardized questionnaire on knowledge regarding risks for HIV and AIDS. Three hundred and eighty-six students (96.5%) had good knowledge about HIV and AIDS, although some participants had misconceptions about the modes of HIV infection transmission. There were no significant gender differences for HIV and AIDS knowledge among the participants (χ2 = 3.05; P = 0.08). In general we concluded that JSU undergraduate students had adequate knowledge about HIV transmission modes and AIDS, although some participants had misconceptions about the routes of HIV infection transmission. Hence, this study calls for strengthening HIV and AIDS awareness education among undergraduate students.

scholarly journals Artifacts and the Academic Motivation of African American Male Athletes

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eric Bailey ◽  
Rhema Fuller
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Male ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
College Athletes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black College ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
College And University ◽  
Male College

This study sought to examine to examine the academic motivations of African American male college athletes at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Self-determination theory (SDT) was incorporated as the theoretical framework. Data were collected via artifacts from seven African American male college athletes at a HBCU in the mid-southern region of the United States. Explanation of the artifacts by the participants revealed that they were motivated by their family, their faith, and their resiliency. Findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discussed and presented.

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