Theodore Ransaw (Michigan State): Historical Influences of Education Policy on African American Males. Edward E. Bell (Independent): Graduating Black Males: A Generic Qualitative Study. Avi Ben-Zeev and Mark W. Geisler (SFSU), Tara C. Dennehy (UMass), and Robin I. Goodrich and Branden S. Kolarik (UC-Davis): When an “Educated” Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind’s Eye: Evidence for a Skin Tone Memory Bias. Paul D. Butler (Georgetown): Black Male Exceptionalism? The Problems and Potential of Black Male-Focused Interventions. Kendall D. Isaac (Appalachian): From Tokens to Quotas: The Hiring and Promoting of African American Males in Corporate America. The organizers of a recent hackathon asked whether a smartphone app could have saved Trayvon Martin — they're also looking at the bigger question about why more young black males aren't excelling in tech. Cord Jefferson on how the Zimmerman jury told young black men what we already knew. Mychal Denzel Smith on Jonathan Ferrell and the effects of ignoring systemic racism and on how to create a thug. Ta-Nehisi Coates on the killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn: The irrelevance of black life has been drilled into this country since its infancy, and shall not be extricated through the latest innovations in Negro Finishing School (and more). The fears of a black mother: A parent’s job is hard enough without worrying if their own child will lose their life for simply being a black teenager. Why are white men like Michael Dunn so angry? A crisis in white masculinity is killing black teenagers and, history says, the violence is likely to continue. Jamelle Bouie on our “Dirty Harry” epidemic. Lauren Williams on 21 things you can't do while black in the United States.
