ISBN:
0275959295
,
9780275959296
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 143 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Environmental Stress and African Americans : The Other Side of the Moon
DDC:
155.904208996073
Keywords:
African Americans Social conditions 1975-
;
Stress (Psychology)
;
African Americans Psychology
;
Racism Psychological aspects
;
United States Race relations
;
Psychological aspects
Abstract:
Carroll contends that race is brought to the consciousness of African Americans every day through interaction with employers, service providers, landlords, the police, and the media, and examines the stress experienced by blacks merely as a result of being African American.||Micro-aggressions include experiences such as being denied service, being falsely accused, being negatively singled out on account of one's race. The author labels the stress that results from such micro-aggressions as Mundane Extreme Environmental StressÑwhich she says is a daily experience, has a significant impact on on
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: African Americans and Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress; 2. Of M.E.E.S. and Men: Case Studies of African American Single Fathers; 3. The Flip Side of Teen Mothers: Their Perspectives on Young Fathers; 4. Parenting: Mothers, Magic, M.E.E.S., and Myths; 5. A Challenge of Getting a ""Good Education"": Black Students on White Campuses; 6. Professional Sisterhood: Standing in Stellar Space; 7. Summary; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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