title: Contextualizing black boys' use of a street identity in high school.
abstract: This participatory action research project worked with four street-life-oriented black men to document how a community sample of street-life-oriented black adolescents between the ages of sixteen and nineteen frame street life as a site of resiliency inside schools based on 156 surveys, 10 individual interviews, and 1 group interview. Data collection took place primarily in Paterson, New Jersey, and Harlem, New York City. Findings reveal that the adolescents overall hold negative attitudes about their educational experiences within two dominant themes: student-teacher interactions and preparation for economic and educational opportunities. Results can be used to understand how the adolescents' street identities are adaptive inside schools.
authors.affiliation: Black American Studies Department, University of Delaware, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Yasser Arafat
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Brian Chad
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Starks
authors.forename: Lamar Rashad
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult