Hidden Voices of Black Men

Hunter, Andrea G.; Davis, James Earl

doi:10.1177/002193479402500102

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“…Hammond and Mattis (2005) described it as being developed within an interdependent process in connection to others. This paralleled Hunter and Davis’ (1992, 1994) findings, Mattis, Hearn, and Jagers’ (2002) research on communalism, and Wade’s (1998) relational theory of African American masculinity. These relational constructions may extend to men’s need to belong to in-groups.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: African American Masculinity and Desimentioning

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A comparison of skin tone discrimination among African American men: 1995 and 2003.

Uzogara¹,

Lee²,

Abdou³

et al. 2014

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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This study investigated perceptions of skin tone discrimination among adult African American men. Research suggests that through negative African American stereotypes, out-group members (Whites) perceive light-skinned African Americans favorably and dark-skinned African Americans unfavorably. However, it is unclear how treatment by in-group members (other African Americans) uniquely affects men. Using data from the 1995 Detroit Area Study and the 2003 National Survey of American Life, we investigated these relationships among African American men representing a wide range of socioeconomic groups. We found that African American men’s perceptions of out-group and in-group treatment, respectively, were similar across time. Light-skinned men perceived the least out-group discrimination while dark-skinned men perceived the most out-group discrimination. In appraisals of skin tone discrimination from in-group members, medium-skinned men perceived the least discrimination while both light- and dark-skinned men perceived more in-group discrimination. Additionally, men of lower social economic groups were more affected by skin tone bias than others. Future research should explore the influence of these out- and in-group experiences of skin tone discrimination on social and psychological functioning of African American men.

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Section: Theoretical Framework: African American Masculinity and Desimentioning

confidence: 52%

A comparison of skin tone discrimination among African American men: 1995 and 2003.

Uzogara¹,

Lee²,

Abdou³

et al. 2014

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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“…34,[51][52][53][54] While it is a key contributor to the poor social and economic outcomes of minority men, 40,[55][56][57][58][59] theories explaining how manhood is a determinant of minority men's health are underdeveloped. Definitions and practices of manhood vary by time, location and person, but notions of manhood and social determinants of men's health have not adequately considered men's social status, economic position, or relations among men as determinants of health.…”

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“I AM a Man”: Manhood, Minority Men’s Health and Health Equity

Griffith

2015

Ethn Dis

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Objective: To consider how manhood is a key social determinant of minority men’s health.Design: This commentary explicates how manhood intersects with other determinants of health to shape minority men’s stress responses, health behaviors and health outcomes across the life course.Results: Manhood, which perpetually needs to be proven, is an aspirational identity that is defined by the intersection of age, race/ethnicity and other identities. Minority men seek to and successfully embody US-cultural and ethnic-specific aspects of manhood in their daily lives by engaging in behaviors that constantly reaffirm their gender identity through a complex internal and social calculus that varies by intra-personal characteristics and context. Manhood and health are relational constructs that highlight how the salience of masculinities are shaped by perceived and actual social norms and expectations. A life course perspective adds a framework for considering how some gendered beliefs, goals and behaviors change over time while others remain static. Three life course frameworks highlight different mechanisms through which minority men’s life experiences and physiological and behavioral responses to gendered social norms, beliefs and expectations become embodied as premature mortality and other health outcomes over the life course.Conclusion: Manhood represents an important lens to understand how minority men’s identities, goals and priorities affect their health, yet the role of manhood in minority men’s health is understudied and underdeveloped. To achieve health equity, it is critical to consider how manhood shapes minority men’s lives and health across the life course, and to address how manhood affects gendered and non-gendered mechanisms and pathways that explain minority men’s health over time. Ethn Dis. 2015;25(3):287-293.

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“…Many African American researchers have been dissatisfied with the concepts and explanations social scientists have used to explain the psychological functioning of African American men (Conner & White, 2006;Hunter & Davis, 1994;Johnson, 2006;Mattis et al, 2004;Morton & Toldson, 2012). The counseling literature has almost completely neglected effective and constructive features of the psychological functioning of African American men (Jenkins, 1995).…”

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“…The counseling literature has almost completely neglected effective and constructive features of the psychological functioning of African American men (Jenkins, 1995). Hunter and Davis (1994) identified that much of the literature on African American men has focused on the stripping away of manhood, ignoring the fact that, even under the worst circumstances, African American men have managed to develop a sense of dignity and self-worth. A dramatic example of this can be found in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike (Estes, 2005).…”

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Somebodiness and Its Meaning to African American Men

Johnson

2016

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The psychological functioning of African American men is often described in negative terms. One way to correct these distorted depictions is to identify culturally grounded concepts that can make a fair-minded assessment of their psychological functioning. The literature has suggested that "somebodiness" is a culturally relevant, but understudied, concept. In this investigation, an interpretive phenomenological analysis approach was used to explore somebodiness and its meaning to African American men.

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Hidden Voices of Black Men

Cited by 147 publications

References 18 publications

A comparison of skin tone discrimination among African American men: 1995 and 2003.

A comparison of skin tone discrimination among African American men: 1995 and 2003.

“I AM a Man”: Manhood, Minority Men’s Health and Health Equity

Somebodiness and Its Meaning to African American Men

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