Brown, J., Barbarin, O., & Scott, K. (2013). Socioemotional trajectories in black boys between kindergarten and the fifth grade: The role of cognitive skills and family in promoting resiliency. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83(2pt3), 176-184. Relatively little attention has been paid to emotional functioning of Black boys in contrast to… read more
Social Justice Now: Counternarrative of the Miseducation/Undereducation of Black Boys
Meiners, E. R. (2015). Social justice now: Counternarrative of the Miseducation/Undereducation of black boys. Multicultural Perspectives, 17(2), 110-112. No Abstract Access to full article can be found here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15210960.2015.1022453?journalCode=hmcp20
Texts as Mirrors, Texts as Windows Black Adolescent Boys and the Complexities of Textual Relevance
Sciurba, K. (2014). Texts as mirrors, texts as windows BLACK ADOLESCENT BOYS AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF TEXTUAL RELEVANCE. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,58(4), 308-316. Discussions of culturally relevant and “boy” literature stress the importance of offering readers occasions to see themselves in texts. However, young men of color have… read more
“Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud”: Parents’ Messages about Race, Racial Discrimination, and Academic Achievement in African American Boys
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