Black males and racism : improving the schooling and life chances of African Americans / Terence D. Fitzgerald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Terence D., author.

Series:

Critical viewpoints

Critical viewpoints series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American young men--Education.

African American young men.

African American young men--Education (Higher).

African American men--Education.

African American men.

African American young men--Social conditions.

African American men--Social conditions.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Physical Description:

xiii, 185 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Summary:

Behind the twenty-first-century curtain of "colorblind" public sentiment lies an often-ignored reality shared by many African American males--racism continues to thrive and often drastically affects their lives. Fitzgerald draws on his extensive interviews of black males to reveal the experiences of racism that continue in public schools and in American higher education. Using empirical data and the methods of sociological research, Fitzgerald analyzes how the persistent effects of white supremacy in education have threatened the psychological and economic welfare of black males. The effects often last well into adulthood. Unraveling the subtle and overt mechanisms of institutional social control leads Fitzgerald to proposals to reduce structural racism and improve the lives of African American youth -- page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The state of our education

Ideological road mapping : the foundations of oppression

The role of denial and the controlling image

The historical role of social control in education

The new mechanisms of social control in education

Perception of the black male and its consequences in education

Gender and discrimination in education

Fighting for their future : constructing a counternarrative

Conclusions.

Notes:

First published in hardcover by Paradigm Publishers in 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612055510

1612055516

OCLC:

963211837

Publisher Number:

99969707021