Promoting Positive Academic and Social-Emotional Development for Black Boys: Focus on Strengths-Based Protective Factors

Abstract

Black boys report experiencing more school-based racial discrimination than any other group (Butler-Barnes et al., 2019). Additionally, Black boys are viewed as older and less innocent than their peers beginning as early as 10 years old (Goff et al., 2014). Black boys are also suspended and expelled at much higher rates than other students (Graves & Wang, 2022). As such, there needs to be an investment in asset-based research designed to understand the factors that can help Black boys cope with these perceptions. Consequently, this chapter will discuss strengths based protective factors that will aid in the promotion of positive outcomes in Black boys.

Citation

Jacobs, M. and Graves, S.L. (2023), "Promoting Positive Academic and Social-Emotional Development for Black Boys: Focus on Strengths-Based Protective Factors", Hines, E.M. and Fletcher, E.C. (Ed.) Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720230000009006