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The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of how Virginia counselors engage in social issues advocacy, specifically advocacy for Black/African American clients/students. Racial Identity (Helms, 1993) and Multicultural Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar-McMillan, Butler, and McCullough, 2016) are used as the framework. The researcher examined whether the work setting of a counselor impacts the amount and type of involvement with race-specific advocacy and how counselors are supported as advocates in that setting. Data was collected via information questionnaires including demographic and professional background, attitudes and beliefs captured by the Social Issues Advocacy Scale, and race-specific advocacy activity. The sample included Masters-holding professional counselors practicing in Virginia and who are members of professional organizations based in Virginia. Results indicate reasons for advocating, when applicable, with or on behalf of Black/African American clients/students and a relationship with workplace setting type. Findings show that counselors feel supported by their workplace to advocate on the basis of race, however the type of advocacy varies. / Ph. D.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Njoki Wane.

Thesis (LLD.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / The private sector in South Africa lags in proliferating black African women into managerial positions. This is so despite the Employment Equity Act (EEA) requiring that the private sector must ensure that all occupational levels are equitably represented and reflects the demographics of South Africa. Since the EEA, the private sector has been white male-dominated and white females enjoy preference in terms of recruitment compared to black African women. Despite the legislative gaps in South Africa, the South African private sector demonstrates its unwillingness to transform it's by managerial positions by engaging in race-based recruitment, failing to train and develop black African women within the workplace, failing to create pipeline mechanisms into managerial positions and creating a workplace environment that caters for the needs and interest of women at leadership levels. The progression of black African women requires South Africa to adopt a quota system that will result in the private sector being compelled to appoint suitably qualified black African women. The EEA does require the private sector to apply affirmative action measures to achieve equity in the workplace. It is submitted that since 1998 the private sector has been provided with an opportunity to set their targets to achieve equity, 20 years later black African women are excluded in key managerial positions. Some private sector companies engage in fronting practices to obtain a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) certificate that enables the company to do business with the State. Black African women who are appointed as a ‘front’ do not obtain the necessary experience in managerial levels and as such limits their economic participation. Exposing black African women in managerial levels enhances their skills and increases their prospects to promotions and assuming further leadership roles in the private sector. Without a clear, a quota law in South Africa, the South African private sector would not be persuaded to accelerate the equitable representation at its managerial positions. xiii

The current study investigated the role of racial identity dimensions (racial centrality and private regard), academic identity, and parent socialization (specifically, academic and ethnic/racial socialization: cultural socialization and preparation for bias) in promoting success among a diverse sample of Black students. The study aimed to examine how parent socialization and academic identity mediated the relationship between racial identity dimensions and academic achievement. Data was collected nationwide from 685 Black students through an online survey conducted in Spring 2022. Path models were employed to explore the relationship between racial identity dimensions and academic achievement. To account for contextual factors, the analyses incorporated academic identity and parent socialization (academic and ethnic/racial socialization, including cultural socialization and preparation for bias) as mediators, while gender was considered as a moderator. However, the mediation analyses did not yield statistically significant results, highlighting the need for further research to investigate the nuanced relationship between these factors. In addition to the path models, supplementary analyses were conducted, including bivariate correlations and exploratory factor analyses of the scales used: Identification with Academics (IAS, Osborne, 1997), Identification with School Questionnaire (ISQ, Voelkl, 1996), Education Socialization Scale (ESS, Bempechat et al., 1999), and Parent Ethnic/Racial Socialization (PERS, Hughes & Chen, 1999). The results of the exploratory factor analyses and subsequent evaluation of psychometric properties revealed inconsistencies between the factor structures suggested by previous studies and the current study for the Identification with Academic, Identification with School Questionnaire, and Education Socialization Scale. This suggests the need for further refinement and validation of these measurement instruments. However, the exploratory factor analysis of the Parent Ethnic/Racial Socialization scale aligned with existing literature, indicating its appropriateness for use with Black students. Bivariate correlation analyses demonstrated small-to-moderate relationships that were consistently observed across most variables. Academic identity demonstrated a strong and significant correlation with private regard and a moderate and significant correlation with racial centrality. GPA demonstrated a moderate and significant correlation with academic identity and private regard and a small but significant correlation with racial centrality and parent academic socialization. Students who endorse a stronger academic identity and racial identity (private regard and racial centrality) are more likely to have better academic outcomes, including higher GPA. Furthermore, the findings related to parent academic socialization suggest that parental support and engagement may continue to have some influence on the academic performance of Black students, even in adulthood. The implications of the findings were such that fostering a strong academic identity and a positive racial identity contributed to better academic outcomes for Black students. Further, the findings highlight the sustained influence of parental support and engagement on the academic performance of Black students, even as they transition into adulthood. This underscores the significance of ongoing parental involvement throughout a student's educational journey. / School Psychology

This study explores black African migrants' experience of racism in Berlin, today. Its vantage point is that of a missiological discipline. Since racism is a very complex phenomenon, both in the church and society; the study therefore, adopted a multidisciplinary approach. This helps us to better understand the different theoretical nuances, which inform racism as an ideology and, as a social construct. Against this backdrop, the study engaged the “pastoral cycle” (cycle of missionary praxis) by Holland and Henriot and developed by Cochrane et al as its theological framework. The research methodology consisted of data collection, interpreting and analyzing (comparing and contrasting primary sources in light of data collected). Personal narratives of research participants' experience of racism in a semi-structured format, formed part of the methodology, in establishing ecclesiastical, political, social and structural climate on how they contribute to the way that black African migrants experience racism in Berlin, today. Two forms of data collection were employed: Qualitative interview and observation instruments. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M.A. (Theology)

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-01-26T11:05:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Édina dos Santos Rosa.pdf: 1550328 bytes, checksum: 0ef2d4ec9bcdaddf36337032c43686dd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-26T11:05:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Édina dos Santos Rosa.pdf: 1550328 bytes, checksum: 0ef2d4ec9bcdaddf36337032c43686dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-14 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo - SEE / This work analyses the insertion of black immigrant students in a secondary school of the state educational system of São Paulo, in São Paulo city, SP, Brazil, among the years of 2014 and 2016. That choice is based on the professional position occupied by the researcher, who works for the same state education system specifically with its racial relations issues. The research aims to describe and evaluate the insertion of those students in the school routine, through identifying the relations among the black African immigrant students, the other students, the teachers, the school administrators and the school staff in general, as well as the relations among cultures in the school environment. To reach those aims, the researcher observed the classes, free times, entrance and leaving of students, how they arrange themselves in the workrooms, the activities realized during the class times and the teacher’s and administrator’s meetings and activities. The purpose was to note in all those situations the presence or absence of actions of discrimination and/or prejudice and of conflicts and barriers directed to the black immigrant students in the scholar environment and routine. It was also analyzed the following documental fonts: documentation from the Centre of Register of the Education Secretary of the State of São Paulo, the document of the pedagogical plan of the school and the laws from union, state and municipal spheres relevant to the insertion of immigrant students and to the racial relations in school. The main authors adopted as theoretical support for this work are the following: Dominique Julia and António V. Frago, for the analysis of the scholar culture; Jacques A. Sayad, Stuart Hall e Pierre Bourdieu, for immigration; Valter Silvério, Nilma L. Gomes e Kabengele Munanga, for racism and racial prejudice. The analysis has shown that the insertion of the black African immigrant students in the secondary school of the state educational system of São Paulo is limited to the right of being registered, that there is no pedagogical politics to assure the proper appreciation of the cultures of immigrants and that the school environment is permeated by discrimination, prejudice and racism, which favors conflictive relations among black immigrant students, non-immigrant students, teachers and school staf / O presente trabalho analisa a inserção de alunos imigrantes africanos negros no Ensino Médio, em uma escola da rede estadual de ensino de São Paulo, na cidade de São Paulo, no período de 2014 a 2016. Tal escolha se justifica pelo envolvimento profissional da pesquisadora com as questões étnico-raciais na Secretaria da Educação do estado. A pesquisa objetiva descrever e avaliar como se estrutura a inserção desses alunos no cotidiano escolar, identificando as relações que se estabelecem entre os alunos imigrantes africanos negros, os outros alunos, os professores, os gestores e os demais funcionários da escola, bem como as relações entre as culturas no ambiente escolar. Para alcançar tais objetivos, foram observadas as aulas, os intervalos, a entrada e saída de alunos, a disposição de alunos em sala de aula e as atividades e reuniões de professores. Em todas estas situações, foram observadas a presença ou não de atitudes discriminatórias e/ou preconceituosas e de conflitos no cotidiano escolar relacionados à presença dos alunos imigrantes africanos negros. Foram ainda analisadas as seguintes fontes documentais: dados do Centro de Matrícula da Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo, a proposta pedagógica da escola selecionada e a legislação federal, estadual e municipal relacionada ao imigrante e às relações raciais na escola. Os autores que embasam teoricamente este trabalho são: Dominique Julia e Antonio V. Frago, para análise da cultura escolar; Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques A. Sayad e Stuart Hall, para a imigração; Valter Silvério, Nilma L. Gomes e Kabengele Munanga, para o racismo e o preconceito. A análise mostrou que a inserção dos alunos imigrantes africanos negros na rede estadual de ensino no Ensino Médio se realiza apenas no direito à matricula, não existindo uma política pedagógica que garanta a valorização da cultura dos mesmos; a discriminação, o preconceito e o racismo estão presentes no ambiente escolar, gerando conflitos nas relações entre alunos imigrantes, alunos não imigrantes, professores e demais funcionários da escola

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2011 Aug 15

This study explores black African migrants' experience of racism in Berlin, today. Its vantage point is that of a missiological discipline. Since racism is a very complex phenomenon, both in the church and society; the study therefore, adopted a multidisciplinary approach. This helps us to better understand the different theoretical nuances, which inform racism as an ideology and, as a social construct. Against this backdrop, the study engaged the “pastoral cycle” (cycle of missionary praxis) by Holland and Henriot and developed by Cochrane et al as its theological framework. The research methodology consisted of data collection, interpreting and analyzing (comparing and contrasting primary sources in light of data collected). Personal narratives of research participants' experience of racism in a semi-structured format, formed part of the methodology, in establishing ecclesiastical, political, social and structural climate on how they contribute to the way that black African migrants experience racism in Berlin, today. Two forms of data collection were employed: Qualitative interview and observation instruments. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M.A. (Theology)

This thesis explores the role and positionality of three Black public intellectuals in post-94 South Africa, namely, Simphiwe Dana, Ntsiki Mazwai and Sisonke Msimang. For the purpose of this study, I analysed the twitter postings shared by these intellectuals on various social matters that concern the condition of the Black in post-94 South Africa. Using Fanon’s Native Intellectual Consciousness as a lens, the study seeks to capture and evaluate an emergent form of ‘cyber’ activism in the country. The main argument of this thesis is that, the concept and function of intellectualism must undergo a complete overhaul, beginning with the accommodation of more voices, particularly those of oppressed Black women. For this reason, the study is based on three Black women and seeks to dismantle the colonial lens through which Black women are studied This study not only historicises Black women as producers, users and custodians of knowledge but it also situates their lived experiences as relevant ‘knowledges’ albeit ignored in discourse. Moreover, the study is not only a form of epistemic protest against epistemic racism, but it is also a form of Black positioning in communication studies. I therefore posit that, Black Twitter is the communicative plane on which blackness performs and articulates itself, for itself. For this purpose, I conceptualise Black Solidarity within Communication studies; a field that often pretends to be only marginally affected by issues of race. This study contributes to Communication Studies, a new, raw and altruistic way of studying blackness by allowing it to think, and speak through its pain as opposed to the usual pathologising white gaze. Using the decolonial concept of a traditional Imbadu as the methodological aspect in conducting this study, I observe that even in the face of debilitating colonial hangover, blackness persists through those intellectuals whose intergenerational trauma forces them to think and speak from Blackness. The chosen intellectuals who are feminists by choice, think and speak from Blackness albeit being silenced by oppression. As such, the study itself is a pedagogical contradiction to the orthodox axiology of a detached scholar and hence written in the autobiographical form. / Communication Science / D. Phil. (Communication)