6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 142-163
Author(s):  
Allison Calhoun-Brown
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
African American Community ◽  
And Gender

The Effect of Marriage on Weight Gain and Propensity to Become Obese in the African American Community

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1166-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Causal Impact ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Groups

Does marriage have a causal impact on weight and the likelihood of becoming obese? Marriage is thought to have a protective influence on both men’s and women’s health, although via different mechanisms. Evidence in regard to marriage affecting body mass index (BMI) and the propensity to become obese, however, is mixed and often based on limited data. Even less clear is whether the effect varies by race and gender. In this article, the author uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979), which has followed individuals for more than 20 years, and uses methods aimed at netting out selection bias to show that marriage is associated with a modest increase in BMI for all race and gender groups. Additionally, marriage is associated with an increase in the likelihood for becoming obese for African American women.

AIDS prevention in high-risk African American women: Behavioral, psychological, and gender issues

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Hetherington ◽  
Ruth M. Harris ◽  
R. Barker Bausell ◽  
Kathryn H. Kavanagh ◽  
Doris E. Scott
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
High Risk ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
American Women ◽  
And Gender

PROBLEMATIKA MAJČINSTVA U ROMANU „VOLjENA“ TONI MORISON

Lipar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (74) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Jelena Abula ◽  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Black Feminism ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
African American Mothers ◽  
American Tradition ◽  
And Gender

This paper will examine the concept of motherhood in the light of black feminism in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. Morrison, one of the most prominent writers of the 20th century, is trying to present the development of the African- American community and the institution of motherhood in a society characterized by meaningless divisions between race, class and gender. Slavery problematizes the concept of motherhood which represents a connection of conflicting views shaped by different attitudes towards race, gender and class. Therefore, Morrison uses the suppressed voices of African-American mothers to address the problematic concept of motherhood in slavery. The paper explores the complexity of slavery and its influence on motherhood, the powerful ideology through which the Afro-American tradition is transferred, and it also outlines motherhood as a dominant motif that connects the female characters in Beloved.

Too Black and Too Strong

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ula Y. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Gender Dynamics ◽  
First Lady ◽  
Exceptional Education ◽  
Michelle Obama ◽  
And Gender

This chapter attempts to engage the racist assumptions held by many Americans about a black woman's ability to be First Lady and about the appropriateness of an African American First Family. Michelle Obama has been an essential complement to Barack Obama, a candidate viewed as a postracial phenomenon. She has helped her husband win the credibility and trust of many African Americans because of her firm and confident racial identity, her rootedness in Chicago's African American community, and her upholding of the values central to her own family. However, functioning as the perfect partner to Barack has come at an enormous price for Michelle. It seems an all too familiar paradox that given the persistent power of racial and gender dynamics in this country, Michelle Obama must button down her exceptional education and career background, and the “too much blackness” so essential to her identity, in order to secure Barack's presidential bid.

Making Youth Matter

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-93
Author(s):  
Celeste Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Students ◽  
African American Male ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Male Students ◽  
African American Male Students ◽  
American Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
K 12

This article focuses on findings from a subgroup of African-American male students as part of a broader qualitative dissertation research study, which explored how exclusion and marginalization in schools impact the lives of African-American students. The study focused on the perspectives of youth attending both middle and high schools in Michigan, and investigated how students who have experienced forms of exclusion in their K–12 schooling viewed their educational experiences. Key themes that emerged from the study were lack of care, lack of belonging, disrupted education, debilitating discipline, and persistence and resilience. These themes were analyzed in relation to their intersectionality with culture, ethnicity, race, class, and gender.

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