A Comparison of Black and White Fathers with Implications for Parent Education

Sharon Price-Bonham; Patsy Skeen

doi:10.2307/583268

Breaking Down Walls and Building Bridges: A Study of Cross-Racial Interactions across Two Predominantly White Campuses

JCSCORE ◽

10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2017.3.2.1-23 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tabitha Grier-Reed ◽

James Houseworth ◽

David Diehl

Keyword(s):

Predominantly White ◽

Parent Education ◽

White Students ◽

Ego Networks ◽

Black And White ◽

White Institutions ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Diversity In Higher Education ◽

White Institution ◽

White Campuses

We examined predictors of self-reported cross-racial interactions (CRIs) by exploring ego networks for 355 Black and White undergraduates at two predominantly White institutions (PWIs). One PWI was 67% White, and the otherPWI was only 50% White. Institution, 1st year status, and racial homogeneity of student network were significant predictors of CRI. Students at the less structurally diverse university (that was 67% White) reported fewer CRIs;students with racially homogeneous networks (i.e., where all alters/connections were the same race as each other) also reported fewer CRIs. In contrast, 1st yearstudents reported a higher number of CRIs. Network homophily (i.e., where alters/connections in a network were all the same race as ego--the student himor herself) did not significantly predict CRIs, and neither did parent education or ego’s (i.e., the students’) race or gender. There was one significant difference by race; however, a higher percentage of White students had racially homogeneous networks. The importance of structural, interactional, and curricular diversity in higher education is discussed.

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Black and White Fathers' Attitudes toward Children's Sex Roles

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1982.50.3c.1187 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 50 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1187-1190 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Sharon Price-Bonham ◽

Patsy Skeen

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Sex Roles ◽

Sex Role ◽

Black Middle Class ◽

Sex Role Attitudes ◽

Black Fathers ◽

Black And White ◽

White Fathers

Using Bem's Sex-role Inventory, sex-role attitudes were collected from 100 white and 60 black middle-class fathers. Analysis indicated that both black and white fathers held significantly more masculine sex-role attitudes toward their sons and more feminine sex-role attitudes toward their daughters. Also, white fathers expressed significantly more androgynous attitudes towards daughters and sons than did black fathers.

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Categorical Inequality in Black and White: Linking Disproportionality Across Multiple Educational Outcomes

American Educational Research Journal ◽

10.3102/0002831219900128 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 2089-2131

Author(s):

Kenneth Shores ◽

Ha Eun Kim ◽

Mela Still

Keyword(s):

Advanced Placement ◽

Racial Differences ◽

Parent Education ◽

Gifted And Talented ◽

Educational Outcomes ◽

Family Income ◽

The United States ◽

Disciplinary Action ◽

Grade Level Retention ◽

Black And White

We characterize the extent to which Black-White gaps for multiple educational outcomes are linked across school districts in the United States. Gaps in disciplinary action, grade-level retention, classification into special education and Gifted and Talented, and Advanced Placement course-taking are large in magnitude and correlated. Racial differences in family income and parent education are strikingly consistent predictors of these gaps, and districts with large gaps in one outcome are likely to have large gaps in another. Socioeconomic and segregation variables explain 1.7 to 3.5 times more variance for achievement relative to nonachievement outcomes. Systemic patterns of racial socioeconomic inequality drive inequalities across multiple educational outcomes; however, discretionary policies at local levels are more influential for nonachievement outcomes.

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