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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"young black men"”.
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Experiences and Perceptions of Depression in Young Black Men after Incarceration
One in three Black men in the U.S. faces difficulties obtaining employment, housing and maintaining self-sufficiency post incarceration. Felony records result in considerable social and economic vulnerability, which place many young Black men at risk for depression. However, very little is known …
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Fatherlessness among young black South African men
Scholars confirm that a huge proportion of black South African men are not participating in their children's upbringing, as a result, children face various challenges that impede their wellbeing. This study is of the view that there is still a need for further investigations to explore the effects …
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Stepping your game up : technical innovation among young people of color in hip-hop
… technologies. Hip-hop is also a segment of the pop music industry that manufactures a wide range of commercial products featuring stereotypical images of young black people. These stereotypes disproportionately mark young black men and rarely reflect the technical sophistication and …
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The Anti-Black Hero: Black Masculinity Media Representation as Seen in Netflix Series Luke Cage and Fox Series Empire
<p>The reoccurrence of the Black Brute, the Thug, and the modern day Coon stereotypical images on current television narrowly defines Black masculinity as a monolithic experience. Young Black boys, are often unable to see themselves as those who are portrayed on television. The images they see on …
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Neighborhood Compositional Characteristics on HIV, Sexual Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Activities among Black and White Young Men Who have Sex with Men
… neighborhood compositional characteristics for young black and white men who have sex with men (MSM), ages 15-25 years. Individual baseline data were collected during 1999-2000 as part of a 13-city randomized control trial. Neighborhood composition data at the zip code tabulation area were …
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Three Decades of Epidemic Black Gun Homicide Victimization in Toronto: Analyzing Causes and Consequences of a Criminological Approach
This dissertation analyzes Black gun violence and homicide victimization in Toronto from a health equity and critical race perspective rather than prevailing criminological theories. Young Black men in Toronto are estimated to be five times more likely to become victims of homicidal violence …
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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 the Yonge Street Riot to the Carding Controversy: Policing and Surveilling the Black Community in Toronto, Canada, 1992-2016
… the police shootings and killings of unarmed, young Black men. The Yonge Street Uprising and the carding controversy in Toronto serve as two case studies to explore the ways that Black men have been disproportionately profiled, policed and surveilled in this country, particularly in the …
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Working Whiteness: Performing And Transgressing Cultural Identity Through Work
… Taking on the role of “J. P. Morgan,” the two young black men give orders and act powerful, thus performing their perceived role of whiteness. This scene is more than an ironic comment on the characters’ distance from the lifestyle of the J. P. Morgans of the world; their acts of whiteness are …
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Barriers to HIV Care and Randomized Controlled Trial Retention among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
… initiative. Among these priority populations, young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) have increased HIV acquisition and are more likely to experience challenges in being retained in HIV care. Despite advances in HIV prevention and treatment over the past five decades, YBMSM face …
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Finding a Crystal Stair: Exploring the Turn-Around Phenomenon Experienced by African American Urban Male Adolescents in High School
The educational disenfranchisement of many urban, African American male adolescents aggravates the complex social and economic issues which America must reconcile. Two significant behaviors resulting from young Black men's disaffection are school failure and violence against the community. The …
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A Suburban School District Mentoring Programs’ Influence of Black Male Students’ Desire to Continue in Higher Education After High School
… According to Harper and Davis (2012), "Blacks experience school as social institutions that reinscribe hegemonic power structures, and therefore, they resist academic success to protect a collective cultural identity" (p. 106). This protection of their cultural identity is often seen as …