Kenneth Maurice Tyler identifies and describes the multiple identity components of young African American men using theoretical and empirical literatures from education and the social sciences. Identity and African American Men: Exploring the Content of Our Characterization provides a comprehensive, research-based account of the ideologies and mindsets of many young African American men. The book critically discusses eight identity components that young African American men begin to negotiate during their adolescent years. These identity components include gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, athletic, and academic identity. Identity and African American Men makes a unique contribution to the literature by offering a conceptual framework that identifies the multiple identity components possessed by young African American men. Such a framework expands the conversation about African American men and their behaviors by broadening the understanding of who these individuals are, the identities they possess, and how their identity-based attitudes and orientations may influence the behaviors exhibited by them.
Part 1 Chapter 1: "What's Going On": Rationalizing an Examination of African American Men's Identity Chapter 2: "Why We Can't Wait?" Data on the Psychological and Behavioral Outcomes of Young African American Men Chapter 3: "Living in America": Identity, Context, and Young African American Men Chapter 4: "Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey!" Racism and the Lives of African American Men Chapter 5: "Invisible Man": Invisibility and Intersectionality as theoretical frameworks for African American male identity Part 2 Chapter 6: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Identities of Young African American Men Chapter 7: African American Men's Gender Identity Chapter 8: African American Men's Sexual Identity Chapter 9: African American Men's Racial Identity Chapter 10: African American Men's Ethnic Identity Chapter 11: African American Men's Cultural Identity Chapter 12: African American Men's Socioeconomic Identity Chapter 13: African American Athletic Identity Chapter 14: African American Men's Academic Identity Chapter 15: Additional Identity Considerations: Colorism Chapter 16: "One Day It'll All Make Sense": Examining a Model of African American Men's Identity Chapter 17: "Never Say You Can't Survive": Pragmatics and Future Considerations
