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"We've Never Seen This": Reckoning with the Impossibility of Black [Males'] Vulnerability to Sexual Violence
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Okello, Wilson Kwamogi – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
Using the chokehold as a theoretical framework to analyze the gendered and sexualized vulnerabilities of Black males, I place historical records in conversation with the temporal moment, particularly the allegations of sexual violence committed against Black males at the University of Michigan. In doing so, I conducted a critical discourse…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Sexual Abuse, Violence
Stories from the Yam: A Narrative Inquiry Centering Black Women Sexual Assault Survivors in Higher Education
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Leatra Brenell Tate – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The present qualitative narrative inquiry explored Black women's experiences with sexual assault in higher education, focusing specifically on where they found support and their perceptions of campus and community connectedness. The theoretical frameworks used in this study include Black feminist theory, campus connectedness, and community…
Descriptors: Rape, Victims, Personal Narratives, Blacks
Interpreting the Economic Growth and Development Policies of Post-Apartheid South Africa: Its Influence on Higher Education and Prospects for Women
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Eynon, Diane E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is structured as a critical policy analysis employing historical methods. It examines how the post apartheid government's economic growth and development polices have informed the higher education system and how this has changed women's financial, occupational, political, social, and educational prospects in South Africa. Through…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Poverty, Rape
The Rape of Mike Tyson: Race, the Press and Symbolic Types.
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Lule, Jack – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1995
Investigates press coverage of the Mike Tyson rape trial. Considers the entrenchment of racist reporting in the news, and the implication of the press in modern racism. Finds that press portrayals of Mike Tyson drew from just two dehumanizing and opposing archetypes for African Americans: the animal savage and the helpless, hapless victim. (SR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Journalism
Blacks' and Whites' Perceptions of Interracial and Intraracial Date Rape.
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Varelas, Nicole; Foley, Linda A. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1998
Analyzes influence of rape myths on victims' decisions to report rapes. Examines respondents' perceptions of responsibility and evaluation of incidents. Explains respondents with strong beliefs in rape myths contribute to a tolerance of the rapist while blaming the victim. Implies attitudes reinforce unreported rapes and a lack of fair trials.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Racial Attitudes
On Campus With Women, Number 26, Spring 1980.
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
This issue of the "On Campus With Women" newsletter includes the following topics: a federal court case decision that student aid constitutes federal assistance, but that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare cannot compel Grove City College to sign a legally defective Title IX compliance form; a Department of Justice move to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, Blacks, Civil Rights