Derrick R. Brooms 
Being Black, Being Male on Campus [EPUB ebook] 
Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences

This work marks a radical shift away from the pervasive focus on the challenges that Black male students face and the deficit rhetoric that often limits perspectives about them. Instead, Derrick R. Brooms offers reflective counter-narratives of success.
Being Black, Being Male on Campus uses in-depth interviews to investigate the collegiate experiences of Black male students at historically White institutions. Framed through Critical Race Theory and Blackmaleness, the study provides new analysis on the utility and importance of Black Male Initiatives (BMIs). This work explores Black men’s perceptions, identity constructions, and ambitions, while it speaks meaningfully to how race and gender intersect as they influence students’ experiences.

Table of Content

Acknowledgments

Preface



1. Introduction: Making Space to Hear Black Men



2. College Aspirations, Expectations, and Concerns: Thinking about and Preparing for College



3. College as a Learning Experience: Transitioning to College and College Life



4. Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Experiencing the College Environment



5. Black Men Emerging: Experiencing Self in College and Engaging Resiliency



6. Brotherhood and Bonding: Shared Experiences in Black Male Initiative Programs



7. Black Men in College: (Re)Envisioning the Trajectory



Appendix

Notes

References

Index

About the author

Derrick R. Brooms is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville.