ERIC Number: EJ1361754
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1096-2409
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Using a Critical Hip-Hop School Counseling Framework to Promote Black Consciousness among Black Boys
Washington, Ahmad R.
Professional School Counseling, v25 n1 part 4 2021
In this article, I outline an approach for critical hip-hop school counseling (CHHSC) for novice and tenured school counselors to use when working with Black boys. Various facets of hip-hop culture (e.g., music, hip-hop scholarship) can sharpen Black boys' "conscientização" (Freire, 1996) and help them discern how interconnected social institutions (e.g., political systems, traditional schools) are grounded in anti-Black discourses and practices that endanger Black life (Baldwin, 1963; Dumas, 2016). The article begins with an operational definition of hip-hop culture. From there, I connect dissident ideas within hip-hop culture to the ways social justice has been operationalized in education and counseling, school counseling in particular. I conclude with suggestions and resources school counselors can research and integrate when using this approach with Black boys in middle and secondary school settings (Grades 6-12).
Descriptors: School Counselors, Males, African American Students, Counseling Techniques, School Counseling, Racial Identification, Popular Culture, Music, Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Counselor Attitudes, Critical Theory, Middle School Students, Secondary School Students, Culturally Relevant Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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