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Wakanda College Retention Program: Developing Black And Brown Young Men, William A. Mchenry
Wakanda College Retention Program: Developing Black And Brown Young Men, William A. Mchenry
College of Education Theses and Dissertations
Currently, urban education is filled with great disparities related to issues of equity and access to a quality education for African American and Mexican American male students in secondary education settings. These groups are plagued with negative stereotypical images and subjected to the belief that they are inherently inferior to White students and incapable of academic and social success. Their social capital, which stems from their racial diversity, is not celebrated on any level in any educational space. Research for this study will show how the Wakanda College Retention program (WCR) has successfully addressed this disparity by employing the use …