Neblett, E. W., Chavous, T. M., Nguyên, H. X., & Sellers, R. M. (2009). “say it Loud—I’m black and I’m proud”: Parents’ messages about race, racial discrimination, and academic achievement in african american boys. The Journal of Negro Education, 78(3), 246-259. This study uses two waves of data to examine… read more
Race and Education (RE)
‘Six packs and big muscles, and stuff like that’. Primary school-aged South African boys, black
Bhana, D. (2008). ‘six packs and big muscles, and stuff like that’. primary school-aged south african boys, black. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29(1), 3. This paper explores the salience of sport in the lives of eight-year-old and nine-year-old South African primary school boys. Drawing on ethnographic and interview… read more
USING SPECIAL EDUCATION TO DESTROY BLACK BOYS
Grant, P. (1992). using special education to destroy black boys. The Negro Educational Review, 43(1), 17. Asks whether special education is designed to keep African-American boys out of the mainstream of education and also looks at questions of a passive conspiracy to destroy African-American males and the role of racism.… read more
“A Ghetto Education Is Basic”: (Jamaican) Dancehall Masculinities As Counter-Culture
Pinnock, A. M. N. (2007). “A ghetto education is basic”: (jamaican) dancehall masculinities as counter-culture. Journal of Pan African Studies, 1(9), 47-84. Black male bodies are constructed in a largely alienating master narrative of white racism in Jamaican society. By analyzing representations of the same in Dancehall lyrics and performances… read more