Engage Me or Enrage Me: Saving B Black and Brown Boys From Academic and Social Suicide
Location
Session Eight Breakouts (Ballroom E & F)
Brief Program Description
We are losing our boys—not only academically but also behaviorally and attitudinally—and too often, we fail to see the vulnerable young man who is hiding behind that tough-guy exterior. Boys’ under-performance— especially for boys of color and those in poverty—is one of this country’s biggest barriers to school improvement, and it is tied, at a very basic level, to the disconnect between boys’ sense of who they are and what school has to offer them. Turnaround for boys in school starts with understanding their inner lives—the social, emotional, and biochemical drivers of boys’ motivation and engagement. This interactive workshop provides the building blocks of success through a powerful examination of male-female brain differences. In addition, Dr. Shields will share his film, “Beyond Stereotypes,” that provides a platform for male students of color to validate important parts of their identities—parts that Black and Latino boys, in American culture, have been typically pressured to silence or ignore.
Presentation Year
2023
Start Date
3-8-2023 9:45 AM
End Date
3-8-2023 11:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Shields, LaMarr, "Engage Me or Enrage Me: Saving B Black and Brown Boys From Academic and Social Suicide" (2023). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 101.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2023/2023/101
Engage Me or Enrage Me: Saving B Black and Brown Boys From Academic and Social Suicide
Session Eight Breakouts (Ballroom E & F)
We are losing our boys—not only academically but also behaviorally and attitudinally—and too often, we fail to see the vulnerable young man who is hiding behind that tough-guy exterior. Boys’ under-performance— especially for boys of color and those in poverty—is one of this country’s biggest barriers to school improvement, and it is tied, at a very basic level, to the disconnect between boys’ sense of who they are and what school has to offer them. Turnaround for boys in school starts with understanding their inner lives—the social, emotional, and biochemical drivers of boys’ motivation and engagement. This interactive workshop provides the building blocks of success through a powerful examination of male-female brain differences. In addition, Dr. Shields will share his film, “Beyond Stereotypes,” that provides a platform for male students of color to validate important parts of their identities—parts that Black and Latino boys, in American culture, have been typically pressured to silence or ignore.
