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On Shaky Ground: Black Authenticity at Predominantly White Institutions
Social Currents Pub Date : 2020-01-06 , DOI: 10.1177/2329496519897605
Jonathan M. Cox 1
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This study investigates the ways in which social context affects processes of black authenticity, resulting in shaky ground for authentic blackness among black college students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Because of normalized whiteness, black PWI students are negotiating authentic blackness in social contexts that limit black expression and identity through external pressure from nonblack students, in addition to experiencing intraracial pressures from black peers. These students must walk a thin line: they have to avoid being labeled as either “too black” or “inauthentically” black by nonblack students while simultaneously working to be seen as “black enough” by black peers, which highlights the precarity of black authenticity at PWIs. I use interviews and qualitative surveys of 44 black students at two PWIs and one historically black university (HBCU); the data from the HBCU are used to highlight contrasts between two school types. Results indicate that, as a result of tighter boundaries around blackness drawn by both black and nonblack peers, black PWI students experience behavioral constraints, limited options for ethnic identification, and believe that HBCU students see them as less authentically black. Conversely, HBCU students did not describe similar behavioral constraints or ethnic exclusion, and made no claims of inauthentic blackness for black PWI students. Overall, results suggest that the social contexts of PWIs significantly affect black students’ experiences with black authenticity.

中文翻译:

摇摆不定:主要是白人机构的黑人真实性

这项研究调查了社会情境影响黑人真实性过程的方式,从而为主要是白人机构(PWI)的黑人大学生造成真实黑人的摇摇欲坠。由于标准化的白度,黑人PWI学生正在社会环境中协商真实的黑人,这会通过非黑人学生的外部压力来限制黑人的表情和身份,此外还会遭受黑人同伴的种族压力。这些学生必须走一条细线:他们必须避免被非黑人学生称为“太黑”或“不正当”的黑人,同时努力被黑人同龄人视为“足够黑”,这凸显了黑人真实性的脆弱性在PWI。我对两个PWI和一所历史悠久的黑人大学(HBCU)的44名黑人学生进行访谈和定性调查。HBCU的数据用于突出两种学校类型之间的对比。结果表明,由于黑人和非黑人同伴在黑人周围的界限更加严格,黑人PWI学生受到行为限制,种族识别的选择有限,并相信HBCU学生认为黑人的真实性较差。相反,HBCU学生没有描述类似的行为限制或种族排斥,也没有声称黑人PWI学生有假冒的黑人。总体而言,结果表明,PWI的社会环境极大地影响了黑人学生对黑人真实性的体验。HBCU的数据用于突出两种学校类型之间的对比。结果表明,由于黑人和非黑人同伴在黑人周围的界限更加严格,黑人PWI学生受到行为限制,种族识别的选择有限,并认为HBCU学生认为黑人的真实性较差。相反,HBCU学生没有描述类似的行为限制或种族排斥,也没有声称黑人PWI学生有假冒的黑人。总体而言,结果表明,PWI的社会环境极大地影响了黑人学生对黑人真实性的体验。HBCU的数据用于突出两种学校类型之间的对比。结果表明,由于黑人和非黑人同伴在黑人周围的界限更加严格,黑人PWI学生受到行为限制,种族识别的选择有限,并认为HBCU学生认为黑人的真实性较差。相反,HBCU学生没有描述类似的行为限制或种族排斥,也没有声称黑人PWI学生有假冒的黑人。总体而言,结果表明,PWI的社会环境极大地影响了黑人学生对黑人真实性的体验。少数族裔识别的选择有限,并相信HBCU学生认为他们不是真正的黑人。相反,HBCU学生没有描述类似的行为限制或种族排斥,也没有声称黑人PWI学生有假冒的黑人。总体而言,结果表明,PWI的社会环境极大地影响了黑人学生对黑人真实性的体验。少数族裔识别的选择有限,并相信HBCU学生认为他们不是真正的黑人。相反,HBCU学生没有描述类似的行为限制或种族排斥,也没有声称黑人PWI学生有假冒的黑人。总体而言,结果表明,PWI的社会环境极大地影响了黑人学生对黑人真实性的体验。
更新日期:2020-01-06
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