Racial Identity, Racial Solidarity, and Academic Achievement Across the African Diaspora

• In Event: Gender and Racial Variations in Developmental Trajectories

Abstract

The current investigation takes an intersectional within-group (ethnicity and gender) approach to examine the role of racial identity and the moderating influence of racial solidarity in shaping Black college students’ academic achievement. We sampled 216 Black college students (n = 88 Black-American and n = 128 Black immigrant) to deploy an intra-categorical intersectional descriptive-analytic approach, using ANOVA and multivariate linear regression techniques. Results suggest ethnic group and gender variation in racial identity, racial solidarity, and grades. Implications for assessing racial identity development across the African diaspora and the model minority myth are discussed.

Authors

• Dominique Christina Walker, The College of New Jersey

• Adaurennaya Chidinma Onyewuenyi, The College of New Jersey