Between the World and Us

Black Men Navigating Antiblackness at Historically White Institutions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8923749
AutoresD R Brooms (0000-0001-7271-2072, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, autor de correspondencia), Jarrod E Druery (0000-0002-5644-647X, Northern Kentucky University)
Año2023
Volumen59
Número4
Páginas382-402
Fecha de publicación2023-05-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2023.2207696
OpenAlexW4377028570
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias 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