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Afrocentricity and Racial Socialization among African American College Students

P. Masila Mutisya

North Carolina Central University, pmmutisya{at}wpo.nccu.edu

Louie E. Ross

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This article reviews and examines conceptual issues and definitions related to Afrocentricity and racial socialization. Data for the study were obtained from a survey of 453 African American college students. Afrocentricity has been conceptualized as being multidimensional. Several variables thought to represent both the constructs of Afrocentricity and racial socialization were constructed, analyzed for their reliabilities, and combined into attitudinal scales. This exploratory analysis sought to ascertain if two attitudinal scales were related. Findings from this study suggest that the overall scales or composite variables are positively related and that a strong interitem correlation among the individual statements exists. This study (a) provides insight on future development of an Afrocentric scale, (b) helps to clarify the importance of racial socialization as it relates to Afrocentricity, and (c) gives direction and encouragement for future research on African Americans

Key Words: Afrocentricity • racial socialization • socialization

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, No. 3, 235-247 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704266597
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