Supporting Our Black Men

Reproducing Male Privilege in a Black Student Political Organization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2154648
AutoresKenneth H Kolb (0000-0003-2310-0832, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas257-274
Fecha de publicación2007-03-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732170701206106
OpenAlexW2052031346
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas25

Data collected from participant observation and interviews show how a predominately female Black student political organization privileged male members to increase the group's prestige and ensure turnout at public events. The group accepted the men immediately, forgave their failures, and assigned them high profile tasks. While the women worked behind the scenes, they often chose men to represent the public face of the organization. These seemingly minor privileges allowed the men to outpace the women in accruing cultural and social capital. This analysis relies on Patricia Hill Collins' intersectional view of race and gender to identify conditions that encourage male privilege in oppressed groups and inhibit gender solidarity across racial lines

Black male · Cultural capital · Intersectionality · Participant observation · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support