2003
DOI: 10.1177/0042085903038004005
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The Trouble with Black Boys:

Abstract: There is considerable confusion regarding why Black males are overrepresented in categories typically associated with negative behavioral outcomes. Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, this article explores the influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of Black males. The article also examines the ways in which environmental and cultural forces shape the relationship between identity, particularly related to race and gender, and school performance. Finally, strat… Show more

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“…By the third generation, messages about education may be more consistent with the income advantage often found in U.S. populations. The effects of family income for male participants are consistent with a large body of work that demonstrates the particular vulnerability of Black boys and men in our society (Noguera, 2001). Findings suggest that parental economic resources serve as a protective factor for immigrant and second generation males, consistent with segmented assimilation theory but not for non-immigrant males, consistent with cultural ecological theory.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…By the third generation, messages about education may be more consistent with the income advantage often found in U.S. populations. The effects of family income for male participants are consistent with a large body of work that demonstrates the particular vulnerability of Black boys and men in our society (Noguera, 2001). Findings suggest that parental economic resources serve as a protective factor for immigrant and second generation males, consistent with segmented assimilation theory but not for non-immigrant males, consistent with cultural ecological theory.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…53,54 Implicit bias may also be involved in teachers' discrimination against Black males that results in school drop-out of Black boys that contribute to the school to prison pipeline. [55][56][57][58] Black parents provide more race socialization messages to Black boys compared to Black girls. 59,60 This study expanded the existing understanding regarding the interaction between race and gender, and their influence on shaping exposure and vulnerability to racial bias.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of course, an individual cannot be ILLEGAL, but the forefronting of the legal status allows them to be immediately seen as wrongdoers and thus undeserving of our sympathy or our generosity-a point further accomplished with the agnostic INDIVIDUAL substituting for the more sympathy-inducing CHILDREN. Furthermore, media discourse that puts migrant students in the frame of criminality becomes a cultural and structural force that shapes these students' experiences (and those of Latino students more generally) because of their role in the construction of Latino identities and how Latino students are perceived by others (Hamann & Reeves, 2012;Noguera, 2003).…”
Section: Representation Of Unaccompanied or Separated Central Americamentioning
confidence: 99%