ERIC Number: EJ1384403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
EISSN: EISSN-1366-5898
"We've Never Seen This": Reckoning with the Impossibility of Black [Males'] Vulnerability to Sexual Violence
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v36 n3 p274-286 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 analysis of media documents, asking how does White supremacy function to both terrorize Black males' bodies and ignore their pain in higher education contexts? Findings from the study surfaced three critical implications that come to bear on student development theory and practice: the myth that Black people broadly, and Black males, in particular, do not have interior lives worth protecting; the historicized incapability of Black males to experience pain/assault; and sexual violence is ongoing and unremarkable in the lives of Black males.
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Sexual Abuse, Violence, College Students, Racism, Blacks, Rape, United States History, Gender Bias, Higher Education, Research, College Environment, At Risk Persons, Cultural Influences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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