Identity
African American parents and grandparents play a pivotal role in the socialization of children as they help children to understand norms, roles, status, and expectations of the larger society (Mutisya & Ross, 2005). They teach, set moral standards, discipline, and provide cultural continuity in a community (McGinn, 2001). In this way, African American parents and grandparents provide a foundation to help African American children cope with and adjust to the racism and discrimination they will encounter. Parental involvement in racial and gender role socialization in the development of children’s identity is very important in order to combat the negative images of the wider society. Racial socialization attempts to prepare African American children to realities that African Americans face in America (Mutisya & Ross, 2005). This is one of the reasons why being taught from an Afrocentric standpoint is important for African American students because it helps them to understand who they are even if society does not validate them. Afrocentric can be defined …show more content…
Research has also shown that by having a positive relationship with faculty, it allows students to have a healthy social and personal development (Robertson & Mason, 2008). Although African American students score below their counterparts on undergraduate admissions tests, even after controlling for family income and parental level of education, those that attend HBCUs have lower high school GPAs, ACT scores, and SAT scores than those who attend PWIs (Kim & Conrad, 2006). These students also come from families with lower financial means to assist students in their education (Kim & Conrad, 2006). Additionally the quality of faculty, facilities, availability of academic programs and opportunities for advance studies are not adequate at the majority of HBCUs (Kim & Conrad,
African American parents and grandparents play a pivotal role in the socialization of children as they help children to understand norms, roles, status, and expectations of the larger society (Mutisya & Ross, 2005). They teach, set moral standards, discipline, and provide cultural continuity in a community (McGinn, 2001). In this way, African American parents and grandparents provide a foundation to help African American children cope with and adjust to the racism and discrimination they will encounter. Parental involvement in racial and gender role socialization in the development of children’s identity is very important in order to combat the negative images of the wider society. Racial socialization attempts to prepare African American children to realities that African Americans face in America (Mutisya & Ross, 2005). This is one of the reasons why being taught from an Afrocentric standpoint is important for African American students because it helps them to understand who they are even if society does not validate them. Afrocentric can be defined …show more content…
Research has also shown that by having a positive relationship with faculty, it allows students to have a healthy social and personal development (Robertson & Mason, 2008). Although African American students score below their counterparts on undergraduate admissions tests, even after controlling for family income and parental level of education, those that attend HBCUs have lower high school GPAs, ACT scores, and SAT scores than those who attend PWIs (Kim & Conrad, 2006). These students also come from families with lower financial means to assist students in their education (Kim & Conrad, 2006). Additionally the quality of faculty, facilities, availability of academic programs and opportunities for advance studies are not adequate at the majority of HBCUs (Kim & Conrad,