The Journal of Negro Education

Volume 72, Number 4 (Fall 2003)

Table of Contents

Commercialism in the Lives of Children and Youth of Color:

Education and Other Socialization Contexts

(Guest Editor: Velma LaPoint)

Introduction and Overview

Commercialism in the Lives of Children of Color: Change, Challenge, and Confrontation

Velma LaPoint

Section I: Commercialism, Schools, and Broader Community Contexts

School Commercialism Hurts All Children, Ethnic Minority Group Children Most of All

Alex Molnar

The Context of Violence for Children of Color: Violence in the Community and in the Media

Marie-Claude Jipguep and Kathy Sanders-Phillips

Section II: Commercialism, Student Dress, and Uniforms in Public Schools: Challenges and Interventions

The Long Beach Unified School District Uniform Initiative: A Prevention-Intervention Strategy for Urban Schools

Rebecca A. Lopez

Attitudes of Youth of Color on Student Dress and Uniforms: A Case of Commercialism in Schools

Velma LaPoint, Sylvan I. Alleyne, Harold W. Mitchell, and Jennifer Lee

Black Educators’ Views on Middle School Students’ Dress and Uniforms: Addressing Challenges from Commercialism

Sylvan I. Alleyne, Velma LaPoint, Jennifer Lee, and Harold W. Mitchell

Section III: Commercialism and Other Socialization Contexts: Marketing Violence, Sexuality, and Identity

Marketing Violence: The Special Toll on Young Children of Color

Diane E. Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige

Sexually Related Content on Television and Adolescents of Color: Media Theory, Physiological Development, and Psychological Impact

Enid Gruber and Helaine Thau

“You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin”: Popular Culture and Consumer Culture and the Americanization of Asian American Adolescent Girls and Young Women

Stacey J. Lee and Sabina Vaught

Aesthetic Resistance to Commercial Influences: The Impact of the Eurocentric Beauty Standard on Black College Women

Dia Sekayi

Section IV: More Strategies for Change: Mobilizing Professionals and Community Groups

Children and Commercial Culture: Expanding the Advocacy Roles of Professionals in Education, Health, and Human Service

Susan Linn

Uniforms in Public Schools and the First Amendment: A Constitutional Analysis

Harold Mitchell and John C. Knechtle

Section V: The International Context

Telecommunication, Commercialism, and Boundary Crossing: The Impact on Youth and Families in Trinidad and Tobago

Ruth J. Palmer

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth in South Africa

Cudore L. Snell

Index to Volume 71

Index to Volume 72

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Cover: “Homework Distractions.” Photograph by Heather H. Austin, Bowie, MD.