Masking Mentorship: Critical (Race) Care Among Black Males in Special Education

• In Event: Black Mask-ulinity: An Emerging Framework for Black Masculine Caring

Abstract

This chapter addresses institutional racism as an impediment to the success of Black males in special education, whether they are students or faculty. Extrapolating from their personal narratives and relevant literature, the authors provide a counternarrative about the mentoring and care of Black males and by Black males that entails the practice of masking. The lenses of critical race theory (CRT) and care theory support the development of an ethical and moral leadership framework of what can be seen as critical (race) care, which includes ethics of care and risk and political clarity.

Authors

• Vonzell Agosto, University of South Florida

• Roderick Jones, University of South Florida