BOYS AND MEN
We must change the way people see men and boys in America through education, resistance, mentorship, and community-building in a world that weaponizes a harmful, undervalued identity of these men in society.
Dr. Green
Resilience as an Outcome Resistance as as a mindset
Dr. Green is an expert in guiding parents and educators on effective strategies to address the complex and culturally informed challenges faced by men and boys of all races in their academic pursuits. While these individuals strive for academic success, they also seek to protect their emotional and psychological well-being. Unfortunately, the typical academic enculturation processes can often seem hostile and incongruent with their self-preservation. Dr. Green emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing this internal conflict in educational methods, ensuring that educators are equipped to support boys and men from diverse backgrounds in achieving their educational and personal goals.
The Identity Tap (Weaponized Culture)
Black and Indigenous boys in America are born into a political and social system that situates their identity between a state of perpetual suspicion and an inferred premature guilt. The degree to which boys and men are targeted and harassed daily has reached epidemic levels, and the presentation of their extra-judicial homicides have become a sickeningly consistent storyline throughout the news media cycle. Dr. Green discuss the challenge of being born as perceived suspects and potential remedies for the phenomenon.
Black Achievement Praxis
The pervasiveness of structural violence, the social and economic imbalance that it manifests within the lived experiences of Black men underscore the salience of racial identity formations.
Black men and boys benefit from positive, racially informed socialization that assists in the development of an internalized identity that
(a) acts as a protective and resistant barrier against some of the impediments of institutional racism,
(b) operates as a counter-criminogenic influence, and
(c) facilitates educational resilience. The development and nurturing of an ethos of resilience and achievement are at the core of Dr. Green’s objective for your loved one.