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Poetic Expressions: Students of Color Express Resiliency Through Metaphors and Similes
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The after-school City School Outreach youth program captured the attention of high school male students by offering them a physically and psychologically safe environment to talk about issues they faced as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The after-school City School Outreach youth program captured the attention of high school male students by offering them a physically and psychologically safe environment to talk about issues they faced. The students of color who attended the program used various forms of creative written expression (i.e., poetry, spoken word, and hip hop) to document and share their lived realities as African American and Latino youth. An analysis of their writings and subsequent interviews revealed a variety of coping strategies and resources that these resilient adolescent males of color used to transcend adversity in their environment. When adolescent males of color have a strong sense of cultural pride and awareness, they are able to construct a healthy self-concept that assists them in acts of agency and resistance against negative psychological forces in their environment. These students used familial and nonfamilial support mechanisms, such as peers, church, and mentors, to assist them in reducing the stressful im...read more
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Quality assurance of continuing professional development programmes for language teachers
Diagnosed but not defeated: the experiences of african-american males with past histories of enrollment in special education who successfully attend community college
TL;DR: The authors explored the experiences of African-American males with past histories of enrollment in special education who have demonstrated resilience and are successfully attending a community college and examined the protective factors that led to their successful transition to a Community College.
Facilitating Growth and Empowerment While Working with Black Individuals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use techniques such as individual and group counseling, mentoring programs, bibliotherapy, embracing urban youth culture, rap therapy, and poetic expression to empower Black individuals.
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Identity, youth, and crisis
TL;DR: Erikson as mentioned in this paper describes a process that is located both in the core of the individual and in the inner space of the communal culture, and discusses the connection between individual struggles and social order.
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Black students' school success: Coping with the “burden of ‘acting white’”
Signithia Fordham,John U. Ogbu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for understanding how a sense of collective identity enters into the process of schooling and affects academic achievement is proposed, showing how the fear of being accused of "acting white" causes a social and psychological situation which diminishes black students' academic effort and thus leads to underachievement.
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TL;DR: The study of and interest in adolescence in the field of psychology and related fields continues to grow, necessitating an expanded revision of this seminal work as discussed by the authors, with contributions from the leading researchers.
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race
TL;DR: A definition of terms Defining Racism can be found in this paper, where the Complexity of Identity and Affirmative Action are defined. But there is more than just Black and White, you know.