Between the World and Us

Black Men Navigating Antiblackness at Historically White Institutions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8923749
AutoresD R Brooms (0000-0001-7271-2072, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, autor correspondente), Jarrod E Druery (0000-0002-5644-647X, Northern Kentucky University)
Ano2023
Volume59
Fascículo4
Páginas382-402
Data de publicação2023-05-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2023.2207696
OpenAlexW4377028570
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas35

This article focuses on the college experiences of 19 Black men who attended historically white institutions (HWIs). Using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, we explore how these students articulate, make sense of, and are confronted by antiblackness during their college years. We find and detail three specific forms of anti-Black racism that challenge their higher education endeavors, which include dislocating Black men as outsiders on campus, dismissing Black men’s intellect and abilities, and manufacturing Black men’s invisibilities. Additionally, given the barrage of anti-Black racial logics that confront Black men at HWIs, we also discuss internalizing antiblackness as a fourth finding that illuminates Black men’s struggles and dilemmas within these white educational contexts. These four frames reveal how collegiate Black men can be rendered as insignificant at HWIs, which not only negatively impacts their college experiences but also can contribute to their nonbelonging and produce additional academic and personal stressors

African american · Black female · Black male · Black women · Epistemology · Higher education · Historically black colleges and universities · Intellect · Political science · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Social Psychology