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.