Bonds of Brotherhood: Emotional and Social Support among College Black Men

This article draws on two years of observation to analyze the ways in which a group of black men promoted, ritualized, enforced, and enacted brotherhood on a predominantly white campus. These men utilized the concept of brotherhood to unite those who shared a marginalized status. The notion of broth...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2012-07, Vol.642 (1), p.61-71
Main Author: JACKSON, BRANDON A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Black colleges
Black students
Brotherhoods
Brothers
Colleges
Education systems
Emotional attachments
Emotional expression
Emotional support
Emotions
Ethnography
Higher education
Males
Marginality
Masculinity
Men
Middle Class
Race
Rituals
School campuses
Social Support
U.S.A
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Summary:This article draws on two years of observation to analyze the ways in which a group of black men promoted, ritualized, enforced, and enacted brotherhood on a predominantly white campus. These men utilized the concept of brotherhood to unite those who shared a marginalized status. The notion of brotherhood enabled the men to express their emotions, violating some of the dominant cultural tenets of manhood. Although black men face many obstacles in white-dominated middle-class social worlds, these men did not passively accept those troubles; they came together and collectively created a brotherhood to help them survive and succeed.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716212438204