ERIC Number: EJ1441373
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
EISSN: EISSN-1366-5898
Flirting with the Fascination and Fear of Black Boys: Racial Phobias and Policing Interracial Dating in a Private Catholic High School
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v37 n9 p2737-2751 2024
Black men and boys have been constructed as libidinous threats to white womanhood and white racial purity since the sixteenth century. In the wake of the landmark "Brown" decision, white citizens fused the Black male rapist trope with segregation theology to create private segregation academies to minimize Black-white contact. These schools remain more segregated than traditional public schools. The participants in this study were recruited to a private Catholic high school where the entire Black population was made up of Black boys who played a sport and whose interracial relationships with white girls triggered resistance. Drawing from qualitative data, the purpose of this paper is to highlight five Black boys' experiences with phallic-based Negrophobia in a predominantly white and private Catholic high school. Findings reveal that participants realized they were transgressing institutional boundaries to preserve a racial order, and their transgressions were constantly policed and monitored.
Descriptors: Racism, Stranger Reactions, Dating (Social), Private Schools, Catholic Schools, High Schools, African American Students, Males, Adolescents, Educational Policy, Racial Relations, Resistance (Psychology), Student Attitudes, African American Attitudes, Student Athletes, High School Students, White Students, Females
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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