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INITIAL INTERVIEW FORM
Respondent Number: Date:
[Thanks for coming in. Let me tell you a bit about this research. I'm interested to learn more about how Black men who attended a community college responded to
incidents and situations that seem to put them down: racial microaggressions. I am interested in learning more about how you responded if and when you faced assumptions here on a community college campus that seemed to stereotype you as a Black male as inferior or not worthy - – microaggressions is what university scholars call it: the micro assaults, insults, and the like that occur sometimes. Are there particular resources upon which Black men draw in response – that's the larger context of my research]
If you choose to participate, I guarantee that whatever you say will not identify you by name. I will aggregate the data. This initial interview and the short test you will take shortly will determine whether you will be a fit for this research. If you are selected, you will be invited for a comprehensive interview session that will take place over the next few weeks.
First, some general questions: Are you over 18 years of age?
Did you attend one of the three community colleges in this area [colleges will be identified by name for the potential study participants] ?
While in attendance at this community college did you observe any situation or situations on campus, inside or outside of the classroom, that you would consider racist?
While in attendance at this community college, did you personally experience a situation or situations, inside or outside of the classroom, that you would consider racist?
Would you be willing to now take a pen and paper questionnaire that asks how you respond to various situations – how you cope, what resources you draw upon? It's called an AMOS scale. Again, your identity is protected. Anonymity is guaranteed. The AMOS scale will explore your spirituality and religiosity. It is not an assessment of you and there are no right or wrong answers.
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INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANTS
Date: Name:
You are being compensated with a gift of $8.00 (eight dollars) an hour to assist in distributing flyers for this research study and for administering and scoring the AMOS assessment instrument. You will assist for no more than eight (8) hours at a time and you will be able to take breaks as needed.
By signing this document, you agree to complete the work as outlined and to adhere to the guidelines as outlined. You will:
• Distribute the flyers at the locations designated by the researcher
• Administer and score the AMOS at a time and location designated by the researcher
• Respect each potential study participant by identifying him only by the number assigned to him by the researcher
• Respect the confidentiality this research guarantees by not seeking to identify any potential study participant by name
• Voluntarily remove yourself from administering and scoring the AMOS for any potential study participant you know personally or casually
• Not disclose any details of this research that might compromise the confidentiality or anonymity it promises to those potential study participants who have
volunteered to take the AMOS
______________________________________________Signed Name
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COMPREHENSIVE INTERVIEW PROTOCOL
Date:
Randomly Assigned Name:
[Thanks for agreeing to help out further with this research study. I want to focus on what scholars talk about as racial microaggressions. Back in the late 1960s, Dr. Chester Pierce, a Black psychiatrist, wrote about offensive mechanisms that on a one-on- one level maintained whiteness as a dominating force over those of us of African descent. His concept about offensive mechanisms maintaining whiteness as a standard now has evolved into what's talk about racial microaggressions. These are put-downs, stereotypes and the like. The poster explains a bit more about what they are and how the questions can relate to some of them. Do you have any questions before we begin?]
Did you experience a racial microaggression when you were a community college student?
Did this happen on one or more occasions?
Please explain, in detail, what you recall about each of these occasions.
Why do you feel this event these events were racially motivated? What did you think about when these microaggressions occurred? How did you feel in each of these situations?
What did you do in each of these situations?
Why, now with hindsight, do you think you reacted the way you did? Have you experienced other racial microaggressions in the past?
Please describe, in detail, a few of these situations. What did you do in these situations?
What did you do in the past that was different from what you have done recently when something like that occurs?
How do you think you have been affected over time by these racial microaggressions? When confronted with racial microaggressions, what keeps you focused on your personal goals so that the act does not deter you or create depression or sadness?
171 How do you bounce back?
What keeps you from giving up? What keeps you forging ahead with your goals? Define for me your spirituality
How does this play out in your day-to-day life and activities? How do you express your spirituality?
What role has your spirituality played in your academic pursuits? Does your spirituality impact or influence the “meaning” or “purpose” for your life?
How does it do this?
Does your spiritual belief system influence your relationships with people? How? What do you feel your spirituality provides for you?
Does it guide your life and decisions? How?
When confronted with racial microaggressions, what goes through your mind?
Do you think there will ever be a time on college campuses when racial dynamics will get better?
What do you think it will take to make that happen? Any thoughts that have come up for you that I have not asked you about. Many thanks!
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LIST OF POSSIBLE NAMES TO BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO STUDY PARTICIPANTS FOR DATA ANALYSIS
Ernest Gaines Richard Wright Ralph Ellison
John Edgar Wideman Langston Hughes Paul Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen Frederick Douglass Alain Locke
James Baldwin
James Alan McPherson Isdmael Reed Sterling A. Brown Claude Brown Amiri Baraka August Wilson Haki Madhubuti Jean Toomer Chester Himes E. Lynn Harris Ed Bullins
Eric Jerome Dickey Charles W. Chesnutt Dudley Randsall Herb Boyd
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