Analysis of issues and messages in the mass media and news events demonstrates the dynamics of ethnic and racial relations in the United States. The politics of racism are an unacknowledged part of mainstream ideology, thought, and action. (SK)

One hundred and fifty Lumbee Native American college students participated in an investigation of the feasibility of constructing profiles of Native Americans from the People of Color Racial Identity Attitude Scale. Findings suggest that Helms's instrument may be feasible for constructing racial identity attitudes of Native Americans. (Contains 26…

Replicated and extended Baldwin, Duncan, and Bell's (1987) study of African self-consciousness of African American students (n=327) at a Black and at a White college. Did not find support for their conclusion regarding the desirability of one environment over the other. (Author/ABL)

Black educators have a strategic position of marginality within the world of whiteness. Black teachers who have positions in the educational establishment must still retain their vision of social change as radical educators. (SK)

Aggression against others violates the care and connectedness implicit in African American racial identity and community culture. Reconnecting youth to communal values and traditions of identity and solidarity may be the solution to youth violence. (SK)

Integrates work of cross-cultural counselor training development theorists, racial-identity development specialists, and cross-cultural counseling competency experts in formation of comprehensive multicultural training model for majority-group counselors. Reviews and integrates extant stage models of white racial consciousness, describes how…

Explores the history of "white purity" as a racist concept and addresses the perception that people of mixed heritage (or "mulattos") are classified as black. The history of mulattos, from the 1400s through modern times, and the changing definitions of race are discussed. (MAK)

Defines and describes Afrocentricity, suggesting that Afrocentricity within the academic context is best understood as a paradigm. Explains how Afrocentricity meets the definition of a paradigm, examining the affective, cognitive, and conative aspects of the Afrocentric paradigm (metaphysical and sociological) and looking at the structural and…

Examined characteristics of 12 substance abuse prevention programs serving African American youth. Findings indicated that African American youth exhibited lower use rates than most other ethnic groups, but by age 16-18 years, use was prevalent. Africentric principles and themes integrated into the prevention programs contributed to higher rates…

The author responds to the issue of invisibility syndrome raised in this special issue of "The Counseling Psychologist." Extends the discussion to address how invisibility affects African American men, and in turn, influences their partners' and their children's sense of self, ethnic identity, and sexual responsibility. (GCP)

The author responds to the issue of invisibility syndrome raised in this special issue of "The Counseling Psychologist." Reaction includes an expansion of Franklin's (1999) theoretical framework, and a discussion of the practice, training, and research implications relating to invisibility syndrome and racial identity development.…

Examined the relationship between black identity, Afrocentric values, and self-esteem among 161 Jamaican young adolescents age 8-13 years from 4 summer camps. Participant surveys indicated that Afrocentric values, black identity, and self-esteem were correlated for female adolescents but not for male adolescents. Self-esteem explained more of the…

Tests the validity of scores on the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI) using confirmatory factor analysis and correlations. Results show partial support for construct validity. An item analysis was performed to identify problematic items. Discusses implications for racial identity research. (Contains 54 references and 2 tables.)…

This article takes the ordinary workings of colorblindness--overlooking distinguishing factors and characteristics that mark what it is to be--and problematizes the impact of being blind to the human conditions students and families of color bring to the educational setting. Hicks argues that, even among actors committed to lessening its power,…

Nearly two and a half million people in U.S. indicate that they are full-blood American Indians whereas only four million designate their radical identity as mixed-blood. The first step in developing rhetoric of mixed-blood people is for indigenous nations themselves to examine and review the hegemonic practices surrounding tribal enrollment.