The document discusses challenges faced by black boys and strategies for working with them effectively. It notes that black boys are often targeted for discipline at higher rates and outlines risk factors like poverty, community violence and lack of access to resources. It emphasizes adopting a strengths-based approach by reframing behaviors and focusing on qualities like resilience. The document also addresses how implicit biases and internalized oppression can impact perspectives and calls for cultivating empathy to better understand black boys' experiences.

1. Working With Black Boys Why they are targeted for discipline Macheo Payne Lincoln Child Center August 2010

6. How Are They Targeted? The endangered species Suspension/ Expulsion Drop out Low graduation Special Ed/ ADHD Remedial/ Tracking Disease Illness Low quality of life Discrimination is psychological warfare Homicide Prison Environmental hazards Profiling Education Health Safety

14. Internalized Impression Put a – or a + by each name and tally up the results.