Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-29-2015
Abstract
This study examines how black fathers and sons in the U.S. conceptualize manhood and masculinity and the racial socializing practices of black men. Drawing upon data from an ethnography on Black male schooling, this paper uses the interviews with fathers and sons to explore how race and gender intersect in how Black males make meaning of their gendered performances. Common notions of manhood are articulated including independence, responsibility and providership. However, race and gender intersect in particular ways for black men. The fathers engaged in particular racial socializing practices preparing their sons for encounters with racism. Both fathers and sons adopted black existentialist perspectives, emphasizing self-determination and resilience as racially and politically motivated acts of resistance. Finally, the paper describes how the fathers modeled to their sons how to navigate racialized spaces as black men.
Recommended Citation
Allen, Q. (2016). “Tell your own story”: Manhood, masculinity and racial socialization among black fathers and their sons. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(10), 1831-1848. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1110608
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Taylor & Francis
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Educational Sociology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Other American Studies Commons, Other Education Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, volume 39, issue 10, in 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2015.1110608. It may differ slightly from the final version of record.