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The Layers of A Black Man

December 7, 2016

Prof. Cedric Hackett with a few of his research students.CSUN recently held its 8th Bi- Annual Men of Color Enquiry and Student Research Poster Session. The study is the brain child of Dr. Cedric Hackett.

Hackett, assistant professor, director of Dubois-Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement sponsored the event under his class “The Black Male in Contemporary Times”. It was co-sponsored by Africana Studies Department College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University Student union and Associated Students.  The topics were chosen from course content which derived from the books Black Men Emerging by Dr. Joseph White and Black Male Tyrone Howard from UCLA.

Facing generational captivity, discrimination, racism and fear, the African American male has always had challenges, oppression and the push to overcome. The CSUN African American Studies department showcased the challenges by sharing the layers and levels of being a black man in America with thought out collectives that provided great insight to these topics.

Read the rest of the story at the Los Angeles Sentinel.