Showing papers in "Journal of Black Studies in 2020"
TL;DR: This conceptual paper provides an integrated framework using the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality theory, as a guide for researchers, clinicians, and practitioners to incorporate culturally appropriate techniques in their work as a way to prevent suicide among Black children.
Abstract: Recently, research has reported that the rates of suicide among Black children between the ages of 5 to 12-years-old are increasing as they are now more likely to commit suicide than White children...
56 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of publicized incidents of police violence on racially underrepresented college students in the U.S. and found that approximately 134 college students at various colleges and universities were disproportionately African American.
Abstract: The present study explored the impact of publicized incidents of police violence on racially underrepresented college students in the U.S. Approximately 134 college students at various colleges and...
32 citations
TL;DR: This paper analyzed two national newspapers to investigate how each framed race in coverage of Trayvon Martin and the Black Lives Matter movement, drawing from Feagin's white racial frame as the fringes.
Abstract: This study analyzed two national newspapers to investigate how each framed race in coverage of Trayvon Martin and the Black Lives Matter movement. Drawing from Feagin’s white racial frame as the fr...
25 citations
TL;DR: heightened public health approaches are needed to bring attention to a young racial-gender group that is dying five to six decades prior to their life expectancy and requires an urgent national response to reverse and ultimately eradicate the premature death of young Black males.
Abstract: In the United States, generations of young Black males, ages 15 to 24 years, are prematurely dying from homicide and suicide. Between 1950 and 2010, the average death rate for young Black males due...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of maroonage is explored as a process of epistemological engagement and disengagement using the way in which the Ra..., i.e., epistemic engagement and disengagement.
Abstract: This article explores the concept of maroonage (other spellings “maronage,” “marronnage,” and “marronage”) as a process of epistemological engagement and disengagement using the way in which the Ra...
14 citations
TL;DR: Assessing how owners of vegan soul food restaurants located in states within the Black Belt region view their roles as promoters of health in their community and to identify strategies that they use to make plant-based diets (PBDs) more culturally appealing in the AA community indicates there may be future opportunities for health educators to partner with these restaurant owners to improve healthy eating among AAs.
Abstract: Obesity remains a prevalent public health epidemic, and African American (AA) adults are disproportionately affected by obesity more than any other ethnic group, particularly in the Southern region...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the implications of Afrocentric education for school leaders and teachers, and the relationship of ACE to multicultural education (MCE) and how does ACE differ from MCE.
Abstract: What is Afrocentric education (ACE)? What are the implications of ACE for school leaders and teachers? What is the relationship of ACE to multicultural education (MCE) and how does ACE differ from ...
11 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors add to the recent scholarly search for African leadership philosophy to improve leadership effectiveness in Africa and examine the Oromo Gada system's democratic governance and...
Abstract: This paper aims to add to the recent scholarly search for African leadership philosophy to improve leadership effectiveness in Africa. It examines the Oromo Gada system’s democratic governance and ...
11 citations
TL;DR: The authors argues that despite the transnational impact of the Haitian Revolution, it remains mostly unknown in the Western hemisphere and that this is primarily the result of an international race-theoretic analysis.
Abstract: This paper argues, first, that despite the transnational impact of the Haitian Revolution, it remains mostly unknown in the Western hemisphere. This is primarily the result of an international raci...
8 citations
TL;DR: This article explored the cultural and ideological link between the New Negro Movement of Harlem and the Negritude Movement of Paris from 1920s to the 1940s, and examined how the works of African Am...
Abstract: This article explores the cultural and ideological link between the New Negro Movement of Harlem and the Negritude Movement of Paris from 1920s to the 1940s. It examines how the works of African Am...
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors promote the utilization of Kemetic principles in approaching African American public address and present a study on the impact of such principles on the performance of public address.
Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to promote the utilization of Kemetic principles in approaching African American public address. Although there have been recent studies on African American public addr...
TL;DR: Although Eurocentric scholars theorize the world in terms of Western evolutionary progress rather than de-evolutionary retrogression, the authors takes a different perspective, forcing to transition to a new perspective.
Abstract: Although Eurocentric scholars theorize the world in terms of Western evolutionary progress rather than de-evolutionary retrogression, this paper takes a different perspective. Forced to transition ...
TL;DR: The future of knowledge construction in the wake of the collapse of colonisation, European settlerism, and apartheid has been discussed by many African intellectuals as mentioned in this paper, including Tawanda Sydesky Nyawasha.
Abstract: African intellectuals are debating the future of knowledge construction in the wake of the collapse of colonization, European settlerism, and apartheid. Tawanda Sydesky Nyawasha has posited the deb...
TL;DR: The authors examined parental expectations as a moderator in the association between student's educational expectancy and race and gender disparities within K-12 education for Black males, and found that parental expectations played a role in reducing the educational expectancy of Black males.
Abstract: Due to the racial and gender disparities within K-12 education for Black males, this study examines parental expectations as a moderator in the association between student’s educational expectancy ...
TL;DR: In this paper, a phenomenological study examines mothers' grief and coping after the homicide of their male child on the island of Dominica, focusing on mothers coping with the murder of their sons.
Abstract: There is little research on Caribbean Black mothers coping with the homicide of their sons. This phenomenological study examines mothers’ grief and coping after the homicide of their male child on ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze how Black Consciousness and Citizenship (CCN), a curriculum produced at the Steve Biko Cultural Institute (Biko) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is influential to the production of artworks.
Abstract: This article analyzes how Black Consciousness and Citizenship (CCN), a curriculum produced at the Steve Biko Cultural Institute (Biko) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is influential to the production o...
TL;DR: The authors showed that African Americans continue to experience significant difficulty integrating into mainstream American society, even after decades of legislation designed to address the challenges faced by African Americans. But, they also pointed out that "despite decades of laws designed to support integration, African Americans still experience significant difficulties integrating into American society."
Abstract: African Americans continue to experience significant difficulty integrating into mainstream American society. Research literature demonstrates that after decades of legislation designed to address ...
TL;DR: This paper examined race socialization, defined as the process whereby individuals learn about the meaning and significance of race and racism, with data from the 2001-2004 National Survey of Ameri...
Abstract: This study examines race socialization, defined as the process whereby individuals learn about the meaning and significance of race and racism. With data from the 2001–2004 National Survey of Ameri...
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the police in African American film is examined, and five films stand out as important examples for this study: Do the Riggers, Do the Riggers, Goodfellows, Goodfellow, and The Crucible.
Abstract: This article seeks to examine the role of the police in African American film. Looking at the last three decades of filmmaking, five films stand out as important examples for this study: Do the Rig...
TL;DR: Black students at predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) often do not perceive Black faculty as disseminators of knowledge, and instead view Black faculty through a racialized lens as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Black students at predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) often do not perceive Black faculty as disseminators of knowledge. Instead, Black students view Black faculty through a racialized lens, ig...
TL;DR: The colorist-historical trauma framework as mentioned in this paper offers scholars, practitioners, and educators a new lens with which to more effectively combat racial disparities in society through the understanding of th...
Abstract: The colorist-historical trauma framework offers scholars, practitioners, and educators a new lens with which to more effectively combat racial disparities in society through the understanding of th...
TL;DR: Despite increasing rates of suicidality among African American women, relatively little is known about culturally-specific factors relevant to their SUICIDality as mentioned in this paper, and thus, their objectives were to: (1) d...
Abstract: Despite increasing rates of suicidality among African American women, relatively little is known about culturally-specific factors relevant to their suicidality. Thus, our objectives were to: (1) d...
TL;DR: This article explored Achebe's insertion of literary-theoretical discourse into traditional narrative space in Anthills of the Savannah with a view to demonstrating part of the limitless possibilit...
Abstract: This article explores Achebe’s insertion of literary-theoretical discourse into traditional narrative space in Anthills of the Savannah with a view to demonstrating part of the limitless possibilit...
TL;DR: While the prevalence and adverse effects of violence in hip-hop music and music videos have been extensively studied, hip hop entertainment journalism, which reports on hip hop news and events, has not been studied as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: While the prevalence and adverse effects of violence in hip-hop music and music videos have been studied extensively, hip-hop entertainment journalism, which reports on hip-hop news and events, has...
TL;DR: The authors assess the experiences of residents of a metropolitan community in order to assess the effects of race discrimination on health outcomes to the detriment of African Americans in the United States and find that race discrimination continues to adversely affect health outcomes.
Abstract: Racial discrimination in the United States continues to adversely affect health outcomes to the detriment of African Americans. To assess the experiences of residents of a metropolitan community wi...
TL;DR: This exploratory study sought to gain insight on facilitators of and barriers to medication adherence among African American women who have been HIV positive for 10 or more years and discussed personal experiences and cues to action that help them remain adherent.
Abstract: Although new HIV infections in African American women have decreased, this population still constitutes the over half of all new HIV infections in women. Risk-reduction interventions and advancemen...
TL;DR: This paper examined the ways in which African American young adult women describe their desires in potential long-term relationships and found that African American marriage rates have declined over the years, despite the fact that they are more likely to seek romantic relationships.
Abstract: African American marriage rates have declined over the years. This qualitative study examines the ways in which African American young adult women describe their desires in potential long-term (pos...
TL;DR: This paper explored the experiences and sense of belonging of African American transfer students attending a predominantly white institution in the Midwest when resources were limited and the majority of the students were transferred from the South.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and sense of belonging of African American transfer students attending a predominantly White institution in the Midwest when resources tailo...
TL;DR: In American history and memory, few figures stand as prominently as Martin Luther King Jr. In the minds of countless Americans, he remains the consummate activist for civil rights and social justic...
Abstract: In American history and memory, few figures stand as prominently as Martin Luther King Jr. In the minds of countless Americans, he remains the consummate activist for civil rights and social justic...
TL;DR: While it may be characterized as the inception of freedom for the colonizing and imperial-minded European, America represents a great tribulation for the enslaved African, kidnapped and sold an oce...
Abstract: While it may be characterized as the inception of freedom for the colonizing and imperial-minded European, America represents a great tribulation for the enslaved African, kidnapped and sold an oce...