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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Young Black Males"”.
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Captive Minds in Expulsion: Carcerality in the (Mis)Education of Young Black Males
Black male students are excluded from school at rates that exceed their representation in the school population. Additionally, school disciplinary sanctions are associated with academic failure, incarceration and anti-social behaviour among Black students. This study explored the experiences and …
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PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS FOR CYCLICAL URBAN VIOLENCE
… affects certain populations, particularly young black males in urban settings. Though this population experiences higher rates of violent victimization and perpetration, race should not be analyzed as an isolated variable. The social disorganization theory posits that social, cultural, and …
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From Street Life to Community Life
… to extend our knowledge of the ways in which young Black males develop and perform their understandings of the street life that they observe in their neighborhood. It involves a phenomenological investigation into how a group of eight young Black males make sense and meaning of street life and …
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Determinants of use of Health Care by Black Males
… differences in the use of medical care between black males and white males and between young black males and older black males. A combination of the conflict perspective, formal-rationality, sick roles, and social learning perspective was used to understand what black males think about using …
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The Ella Effect: An Activist's Journey Towards Mentoring Progressive Black Masculinities Into Motion
… Mutua's intersectional vision of Progressive Black Masculinities into motion which reimagines traditional black masculinity in ways that move beyond negative social scripts in order for black men to reach their full humanity. Modeled on the activist work of Ella Jo Baker, a community …
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Black male partial (in)visibility syndrome: a qualitative study of the narratives of Black masculine identities at the Pebbles School
This dissertation explores how 12 diverse Black males who attend or graduated from the Pebbles School—an urban all-male public combined middle and high school—constructed, perceived, and negotiated their identities as males. Examining the relationship between masculinity and education, my study is …
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Whatever Force Necessary: The Politics of Police Brutality In the Post-Jim Crow South, 1968-1971
… officers beat Elton Hayes, a seventeen-year old black youth, to death. The incident sparked a riotous upheaval in Memphis, echoing the dramatic days of the Sanitation Strike and aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. In the days of civil disorder that followed, an unlikely …
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Equal to the challenge : reconstructing ways of thinking, knowing and doing, Re: the schooling of young black women in Metro - Montreal
… and environment on the school experiences of young Black females. As these young women attempt to participate in the social and academic milieu of the school, are their behaviour patterns circumscribed by racial, gender, or class biases? What are the social, emotional and psychological …
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Uplifting The Black Race - only males need apply : Black male militancy in Malcom X, Panther, Boyz n' the hood, and Get on the bus
… part of these narratives to construct a specific black identity in relation to black activism. These films position black males in a space which allows them to directly affect issues regarding black identity, political activism, the black community, and the nation. Furthermore, Malcolm X, Panther, …
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Exploring Racial Disparities of Victimization in Three Core Dimensions of Stand Your Ground Law: The Case of Florida
… more so after the shooting death of an unarmed black teen in Florida, Trayvon Martin. Upon abolishing the ‘duty to retreat,’ the law has been criticized for allowing ordinary citizens to carry out vigilante justice. The media has shed light on a few incidents which indicate that young black …
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The Functions of White Nationalism Online: A Content Analysis of White Nationalist Thematic Discourse Surrounding the Eve Carson Homicide
… of these threats includes the high incidences of black-on-white violent crime within the United States. The March 2008 murder of UNC student body president Eve Carson, a 22 year-old white woman, by two young black males elicited heated discussion among White Nationalists. This paper analyzes, via …
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Post-Secondary Education Decisions of High School Black Males in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (A Case Study)
… study sought to understand the perspectives of young Black males toward post-secondary education. A qualitative case study research design was selected because it allowed the researcher to examine in a holistic fashion the complexities of how the issues of school, home, community, and peers …
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Youth Expression with Video Surveillance Technology
This qualitative study examines five young Afro-Franco Caribbean males in the Diaspora and their experiences with systems of technology as a tool of oppression and liberation. The study utilized interpretive biography and participatory video research to examine the issues of identity, …
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Performing Ethnographic Inquiry into America's Black Youth Culture: The Impact of Hip Hop and Rap Music on Today's Youth Society
<p>This is an ethnographic inquiry into America's black youth culture. It is an exploration of how the "hip hop culture" influences black youth culture. Drawing on the works of Rose (1994a, 1994b), Dimitriadis (2001), and Kitwana (2002), I explored impact of the hip hop culture in the areas of …
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Radical engagement: public library partnerships with activist organizations for young adult engagement
… in Richmond, Virginia is aggressively pursuing young adult engagement through literacy and skills-based workshops. Librarians at Richmond Public strive to increase participation and program counts in order to maintain funding levels for young adult programming, levels which have already been …
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Three Essays on U.S. Social Policy’s Impact on the Human Capital Development of Young Adults At-Risk of Poverty
… effects on the human capital investments of young adults at-risk of living in poverty in the United States. My dissertation investigates how three large-scale public programs – means-tested, cash welfare (e.g., Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Temporary Aid to Needy Families), …
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Essays in public policy and social outcomes in Brazil
… with the reduction especially pronounced among young black males living in high-crime areas. Other crimes involving guns (robberies) also declined, while crimes that did not involve guns were unaffected. Enrollment in adult education courses disproportionately increased in areas that saw the …