Racial Attitudes of University Faculty Members: Does Interracial Contact Matter?

Campus Racial Climate, Boundary Work and the Fear and Sexualization of Black Masculinities on a Predominantly White University

“…Like other college Black men, the students in the study negotiated and responded to the campus racial climate in a range of ways (Allen 2020; Harper and Quaye 2007; McClure 2006; McGee and Martin 2011), including learning to traverse the racialized assumptions placed upon them. However, their counterstories of the campus racial climate serve as important critiques to majoritarian narratives of Black college men and describe the ways that a poor campus racial climate negatively impacts the college experience of Black students attending PWIs (Gleditsch and Berg 2017; Hurtado 2015; Kim 2010).…”

“…They are often feared and avoided by students and faculty, and are subject to hypersurveillance and over-policing on campus (Smith, Allen, and Danley 2007; Solorzano, Ceja, and Yosso 2000; Wilkins 2012b). Within the classroom, Black men are academically stereotyped and assumed to be less intelligent than their classmates and are often avoided by their peers during group projects (Fischer 2007; Gleditsch and Berg 2017; Solorzano, Ceja, and Yosso 2000). Furthermore, research shows that White faculty tends to hold lower academic expectations for Black males, and limit their interactions with Black male students (Comeaux 2013; Harper 2009; Kim 2010).…”