Social media can offer Black African young people in Australia safe spaces to engage in positive expressions of afro-Blackness.
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Belonging to one or more groups with long-standing social and economic disadvantages increases the risk of cancer diagnoses and death.
This finding suggests public health efforts will have to address the treatment barriers these men face – like poverty or homophobia – to meet the nation’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.
Research on racism and policing in the US, explained by the experts who study it.
The image of Black men in the US is distorted by the media and selective academic studies, says a scholar who has studied Black men’s romantic lives. ‘Black love matters’ is his counter to that image.
New research on Wisconsin’s changing demographics suggests that racial integration and political polarization were a combustible combination in Kenosha, where violence erupted in August.
Whether or not someone is eventually convicted, an arrest alone is enough to significantly impair a Black man’s job and earning prospects.
As the country reels from a series of killings of Black men by the police, two scholars report that their research shows that stops by police of Black men can hurt their families.
The issues facing Black Americans are not confined to only racial discrimination. Gender plays a part too.
When it comes to making law enforcement professionals less likely to resort to use of force, higher education goes a long way, research shows.
Barbershop Talks use the idea of the “barbershop around the corner” as a place to meet and discuss ideas and create a safe space for Black men and boys to talk openly about masculinity.
Héritier Lumumba played for Collingwood Football Club until 2014, where his teammates called him “Chimp”. His experience mirrors that of many other black men in Australia, particularly in the workplace.
In 4:44, his 13th album, Jay-z gets confessional and socio-political, challenging traditional notions of Black male bravado and masculinity.
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Professor of Social Work, University of Louisville
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Professor in the Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
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Associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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PhD Student Department of Sociology; RA - Migration and Diaspora Studies, Carleton University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
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PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
