Antiblackness Within a Four-Year Hispanic-Serving Institutional Context: How Black Male Narratives Trouble "Cross-Racial Interactions"

• In Event: Place and Gender in Men of Color's College Experience

Abstract

This qualitative study examined Black men undergraduate students engaging in cross-racial interactions at a public, four-year, Hispanic-serving institution in Southern California. Using critical race theory as the theoretical framework and methodology, the authors composed a composite counterstory to showcase their findings regarding Black men who have a deep desire for cross-racial friendships but are met with rejection and racial stress from their non-Black peers. This article concludes with a call for cross-racial interactions scholars to critically highlight the racial realities of Students of Color, instead of portraying a narrative of racial unity that is contrary to the experiences of racially oppressed groups.

Authors

• Chaddrick James-Gallaway, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Elvira J. Abrica, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Su L. Swarat, California State University - Fullerton