Graham, A., & Anderson, K. A. (2008). “I have to be three steps ahead”: Academically gifted african american male students in an urban high school on the tension between an ethnic and academic identity. The Urban Review, 40(5), 472-499. This case study investigation of three Academically Gifted African American male… Continue Reading “I have to be three steps ahead”: Academically Gifted African American Male Students in an Urban High School on the Tension between an Ethnic and Academic Identity
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Racial Threat and Punitive School Discipline
Welch, K., & Payne, A. A. (2010). Racial threat and punitive school discipline. Social Problems, 57(1), 25-48. Tests of the racial threat hypothesis, linking the racial composition of place to various measures of social control, find that where there are greater percentages of blacks, more punitive criminal justice policies are… Continue Reading Racial Threat and Punitive School Discipline
Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males
Watson, J., Washington, G., & Stepteau-Watson, D. (2015). Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(1), 81-90. This article reports that urban inner-city African American male youth residing in communities of color are at-risk and warrant interventions custom tailored to… Continue Reading Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males