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Two Worlds: African American Men's Negotiation of Predominantly White Educational and Occupational Worlds
Author(s) -
Diemer Matthew A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2007.tb00045.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , white (mutation) , humanities , sociology , gender studies , cultural competence , ethnology , anthropology , art , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Negotiating 2 worlds, a predominantly White opportunity structure and one's community of origin, often produces distress among persons of color. in this qualitative study, the author examines the perspectives and competencies of African American men who negotiate 2 worlds and suggests that bicultural competence may facilitate participation in the opportunity structure while maintaining identification with one's racial group. Desenvolverse en dos mundos, una estructura de oportunidades predominantemente Blanca y la propia comunidad de origen, genera con frecuencia angustia entre las personas de color. En este estudio cualitativo, el autor examina las perspectivas y competencias de varones Afroamericanos que se desenvuelven en dos mundos distintos y sugiere que la competencia bicultural puede facilitar su participación en la estructura de oportunidades, manteniendo a la vez la identificación con el propio grupo racial.