Rubin, L.M. (2016). The detrimental effects of big-time college sports on black student-athletes’ academic success. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 10(3), 185-198. The pressures of big-time college sports coupled with NCAA academic legislation set up a system of inequality among student-athletes to achieve academic success. Blackman (2008)… read more
Higher Education (HE)
Using our voices, losing our bodies: Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and the spirit murders of Black male professors in the academy
Johnson, L., & Bryan, N. (2016). Using our voices, losing our bodies: Michael brown, trayvon martin, and the spirit murders of black male professors in the academy. Race Ethnicity and Education, , 1-15. The recent deaths of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and other Black males have generated new civil rights… read more
Creating a New Narrative: Reframing Black Masculinity for College Men
Pelzer, D. L. (2016). Creating a new narrative: Reframing black masculinity for college men.The Journal of Negro Education, 85(1), 16-27. The way Black men make meaning of their college experience is implicitly tied to how they internalize and demonstrate their masculinity. This research briefly reviews the concept of Black masculinity… read more
Racial Battle Fatigue and the “Mis”Education of Black Men: Racial Microaggressions, Societal Problems, and Environmental Stress
Smith, W. A., Hung, M., & Franklin, J. D. (2011). Racial battle fatigue and the “mis”education of black men: Racial microaggressions, societal problems, and environmental stress. Journal of Negro Education, 80(1), 63. Black men’s lives are racialized contradictions, They are told that contemporary educational and professional institutions–particularly historically White institutions… read more