Black Male Black-Male-Centered Counter-spaces: Utilizing Abolitionist Teaching & Black Trans Feminist to Disrupt Patriarchal Norms

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Remembering and Reimagining Black Communities and the Role of Black Education in the Pursuit of Educational Justice and Renewal

Abstract

Numerous studies have documented how Black students at PWIs have utilized counterspaces to develop a stronger sense of belonging to their campus (Solorzano et. al, 2000; Brooms et. al, 2021). Underexplored is the role that such spaces may play in enabling Black males to develop a stronger sense of belonging at their PWIs in response to the barriers created by anti-blackness and patriarchal masculine norms. The purpose of this study is to explore how participation in a Black-male-centered educational space enabled Black Males to resist anti-blackness and patriarchal masculine norms to develop a stronger sense of belonging.

Authors

• Gene F. McAdoo, University of California - Los Angeles

• Seth Duncan, University of California - Los Angeles