Allen, Q. (2015). “I’m trying to get my A”: Black male achievers talk about race, school and achievement. The Urban Review, 47(1), 209-231. This study seeks to challenge deficit views on Black male education by highlighting the perspectives of academically successful Black males in a secondary school setting. Employing interpretive… Continue Reading ‘I’m Trying to Get My A’’: Black Male Achievers Talk About Race, School and Achievement
Quaylan Allen
“They Think Minority Means Lesser Than”: Black Middle-Class Sons and Fathers Resisting Microaggressions in the School
Allen, Q. (2013). “They think minority means lesser than”: Black middle-class sons and fathers resisting microaggressions in the school. Urban Education, 48(2), 171-197. The current literature on Black middle-class men is sparse, leaving little to be known about the raced, classed, and gendered experiences for many Black middle-class male students… Continue Reading “They Think Minority Means Lesser Than”: Black Middle-Class Sons and Fathers Resisting Microaggressions in the School
Race, culture and agency: Examining the ideologies and practices of US teachers of black male students
Allen, Q. (2015). Race, culture and agency: Examining the ideologies and practices of US teachers of black male students. TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, 47, 71-81. This study examines teachers of Black male students in a United States secondary school setting. Qualitative methods were used to document teachers’ ideologies of and… Continue Reading Race, culture and agency: Examining the ideologies and practices of US teachers of black male students