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New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

Volume 2014, Issue 144
Research Article

A New Normal: Young Men of Color, Trauma, and Engagement in Learning

Carlyle Van Thompson

Department of English, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York

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Paul J. Schwartz

New York City College of Technology, City University of New York

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First published: 29 December 2014
https://doi.org/10.1002/ace.20113

Abstract

This chapter will center on the continuing impact of systemic and persistent educational trauma experienced by Black and Latino males and how trauma affects their current learning. The young men's counterstories from a phenomenological study and documentary are included.