Welch, K., & Payne, A. A. (2010). Racial threat and punitive school discipline. Social Problems, 57(1), 25-48. Tests of the racial threat hypothesis, linking the racial composition of place to various measures of social control, find that where there are greater percentages of blacks, more punitive criminal justice policies are… Continue Reading Racial Threat and Punitive School Discipline
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(Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males
Dancy II, E. (2014). (Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males. Equity & Excellence in Education, 47(4), 476-493. The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the disturbing national trend in which children are funneled out of public schools and into juvenile and criminal justice systems. The purpose of this… Continue Reading (Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males
Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males
Watson, J., Washington, G., & Stepteau-Watson, D. (2015). Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(1), 81-90. This article reports that urban inner-city African American male youth residing in communities of color are at-risk and warrant interventions custom tailored to… Continue Reading Umoja: A Culturally Specific Approach to Mentoring Young African American Males