Thinking About Blackness in the Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Anthony Jerry ◽  
Alex Borucki ◽  
Sabrina Smith
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Racial Identity Development ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Costa Chica ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Mexican Community

Anthony Jerry discusses the history and challenges for recognitions of Black Mexico and the broader Pacific region of Latin America. Jerry describes his research on a Black Mexican community of Costa Chica and its complex racial identity development. Responding to Jerry’s presentation, Alex Borucki describes the potential value of conducting comparative research that connects the movements of, as well as the locations where, Black communities developed in the Pacific regions of Latin America. Sabrina Smith suggests more attention to the transpacific slave trade, as well as the emergence of significant social and racial contestations by Afro-Mexicans in both historical and contemporary contexts.

scholarly journals Self-Care: An Ethical Imperative for Anti-Racist Counselor Training

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Mitchell ◽  
Erin Binkley
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Counselor Training ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Racial Identity Development ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Development Models

Attention has been given to multicultural counseling, social justice and advocacy work over the last several decades; with this in mind, it is essential Counselors educators work as anti-racist change agents to understand the role of self-care in advocacy and be armed with self-care strategies based upon racial identity standing. Working through the lens of racial identity development models, educators will learn ways to support students of the dominant culture in engaging in self-care without initiating oppressive behaviors, and conversely will learn strategies to assist Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC) in enacting self-care without assisting in their own oppression. Thus, the purpose of this conceptual manuscript is to (a) provide a rationale for self-care as an ethical imperative, (b) introduce self-care strategies to employ while supporting anti-racist andragogy through intentional wellness, and (c) call students to build self-care routines focused on multiculturalism and social justice.

K–12 School Counselors Utilizing Critical Race Theory to Support the Racial Identity Development and Academic Achievement of African American Males

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1_part_4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110400
Author(s):  
Brandee Appling ◽  
Shanel Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
African American Males ◽  
Racial Identity Development ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
K 12

This article examines the role of racial identity development in the academic achievement of African American adolescent males. Through the lens of critical race theory (CRT), we highlight how K–12 school counselors may support and enhance the schooling experiences of African American males by understanding and acknowledging how racial identity development may impact academic achievement. A focus on CRT in education emphasizes the continual persistence of racism ingrained in K–12 education located within the educational opportunities, curriculum, representation, and teacher perception of African American males. We offer insight into how school counselors may work to decrease barriers to achievement by analyzing the effect race and gender have on the identification, retention, and underachievement of their African American male students.

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