Intersections at a (Heteronormative) Crossroad: Gender and Sexuality Among Black Students’ Spiritual-and-Religious Narratives

McGuire, Keon M.; Cisneros, Jesús; McGuire, T. Donté

doi:10.1353/csd.2017.0014

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“…Given the unique experiences of having multiple marginalized identities (both Black and LGBTQ), questions remain regarding how Black LGBTQ youth connect their own identity both through racial, sexual, and gender identity. Heteronormative actions and behaviors have been believed to be the gold standard within the Black community (McGuire et al, 2017). Given that the early to late adolescent period emphasizes on identity formation and understanding who one is relation to society.…”

Section: Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Opara

Assan

Pierre

et al. 2020

Journal of Black Studies

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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. Yet, there are very few, if any, frameworks being used by researchers to explain the risks of suicide among Black children. Suicide research has overwhelmingly been focused on White youth thus leaving a critical gap in suicide research. 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. This framework highlights racial discrimination, mental health, socioeconomic status, and sexual/gender minority status to be the most preeminent, yet understudied factors leading to suicide risk among Black children in the United States.

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Section: Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Opara

Assan

Pierre

et al. 2020

Journal of Black Studies

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“…In a pair of studies, Means and Jaeger (2015, 2016) examined the ways Black, gay and bisexual, cisgender college men drew on multiple forms of support (e.g., family, peers) to resist negative messaging they may have received from religious doctrines about their sexuality and to formulate a spiritual epistemology inclusive of their particular passions and interests (e.g., science, music). Further, McGuire et al (in press) discussed the ways spiritual and religious socialization shaped Black students’ gender and sexual identities vis-a-vis racial heteronormativity and thus, dictated appropriate race-gendered embodiment, ideals, and performances for women (e.g., submissive femininities) and men (e.g., heteropatriarchal masculinities).…”

Section: Spirituality and Religion In The Lived Experience Of Black U...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion’s afterlife: The noninstitutional residuals of religion in Black college students’ lived experiences.

McGuire¹

2018

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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Discourse concerning religion in the American public sphere exists within what Miller (2012) describes as church decline narratives. Highlighting the declining significance of organized religion, these narratives conform neatly with notions of young adults' relationships to formal authority broadly speaking and religious institutions in particular. However, the declining significance of institutionalized religion manifests itself differently in the lives of Black young adults living in the United States compared with White young adults. For example, according to the 2014 Religious Landscape Survey, younger Black millennials (20 -26 years old) were less likely than younger White millennials to identify as religiously unaffiliated (29% vs. 38%; Pew Research Center, 2014). In light of this, how do we understand religion in the lives of college students? What are the implications of the fact that despite increasing religious disaffiliation, 90% of younger Black millennials are either absolutely or fairly certain about their belief in God? In this paper, I propose a theorization of religion's afterlife-or how religion continues to matter in Black students' lives despite their lack of affiliation and engagement with institutionalized faith organizations. I offer a critical account of religion as a socially constructed category that exerts influence in the lives of Black undergraduates beyond institutional boundaries and religious-specific spaces. These findings emphasize the necessity for educators to provide greater attention to spirituality and religion as critical components of institutions' diversity agendas in general and how religion and spirituality play out in the lives of Black undergraduates at PWIs in particular.

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“…As described by one woman who had “beef with [God]” (McGuire, 2017, p. 12), emerging adult women expressed long-held critiques of the “patriarchy, sexism, and misogyny in certain religious practices and theologies” (p. 12), with concerns dating as far back as middle school. In this regard, participants expressed feelings of frustration toward (the Christian) God due to what seemed to be biases rooted in the devaluing of women:There were points where I found the Bible really [misogynistic]…the Bible puts women as No.…”

Section: Core Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2…When Adam and Eve got their separate punishment, Eve had to suffer through childbirth and Adam had to work for a living. And I’m like, “…We have to die giving birth to children, but he just has to work the soil of the earth to earn a living?” I’m like, “That’s not fair.” (McGuire et al, 2017, p. 187)…”

Section: Core Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health Among Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Meta-synthesis

Parker

Purvis

Williams

2022

Journal of Black Psychology

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We conducted a meta-synthesis to understand how religious/spiritual struggles are linked to Black adolescents’ and emerging adults’ mental health, considering their various socio-demographic identities. To address this research aim, we reviewed and synthesized qualitative data from 19 studies that included the voices of approximately 382 Black adolescents and emerging adults. Data were analyzed using a seven-step meta-ethnography analysis approach. Findings revealed three themes highlighting contributors to Black youths’ negative mental health in relation to their religious/spiritual struggles: (a) Rejected and Unloved, (b) Abandoned and Dismissed, and (c) Doubt, Disengaged, and Reconciliation. Moreover, difficult religious/spiritual experiences were nested within contextual issues associated with typical developmental milestones (i.e., increased sexual activity and religious/spiritual identity development) and participants’ race, gender, sexual orientation, and mental health status (and related trauma). This meta-synthesis provides a foundation for understanding and responding to Black youths’ religious/spiritual struggles when providing culturally responsive and social justice-oriented mental health support.

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Intersections at a (Heteronormative) Crossroad: Gender and Sexuality Among Black Students’ Spiritual-and-Religious Narratives

Cited by 20 publications

References 42 publications

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Religion’s afterlife: The noninstitutional residuals of religion in Black college students’ lived experiences.

Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health Among Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Meta-synthesis

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