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Naomi M. Ruffin; Jamilia J. Blake – Theory Into Practice, 2023
The disparate experiences of Black adolescent girls across academic and behavioral domains when compared to their same-gender peers call for further examination and discussion to aid in tailoring support efforts. This narrative review aims to identify processes that contribute to the psychosocial functioning of Black girls, an understudied area of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Adolescents, Feminism
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Frazier, Donald Ivy, Jr. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Despite growing research about exclusionary practices affecting Black male adolescents, little is known about their interactions with teachers or administrators. Images from the literature are negative and cyclical: Black male adolescents believe their teachers don't care; educators believe Black males don't care about academics. This practitioner…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Adolescents, Minority Group Students
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Gonzales-Backen, Melinda A. – Family Relations, 2013
A body of literature has increased our understanding of ethnic identity formation among ethnic minorities, but there remains a dearth of research focused on the ethnic identity formation of biethnic adolescents. Biethnic adolescents are likely to have unique experiences related to ethnicity that significantly alter the course of their ethnic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Multiracial Persons
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Borrero, Noah E.; Yeh, Christine J.; Cruz, Crivir I.; Suda, Jolene F. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Schools are cultural contexts that have the power and potential to promote students' cultural assets or "other" youth in a way that keeps them from creating meaningful academic identities. In this study, we build on existing research and theory by defining "othering" as a personal, social, cultural, and…
Descriptors: Coping, Social Distance, Holistic Approach, Cultural Capital
Bauman, Amy – Bank Street College of Education, 2007
The author offers an analysis of the failures and insights she experienced working with adolescents at a progressive school while discussing how the students understood and experienced race and identity -- their own and that of others. While she encountered students who were willing to take her into their worlds, her efforts fell flat when her…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Sexuality, Progressive Education, Sexual Identity
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Ward, Janie Victoria – Journal of Moral Education, 1991
Analyzes African-Americans narratives of interracial conflict. Concludes that issues of power and authority are imbedded in interracial interpersonal relationships. Explores themes of justice and care in the psychological development of African Americans and in the transmission of race-related morals and values in African-American culture. (DK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Attitudes, Black Family, Blacks