Racial Enculturation Theory

The Impact of Societal Views and Racial Enculturation on Violence and Death Among Black Men in America
Eric Mason
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The Impact of Societal Views and Racial Enculturation on Violence and Death Among Black Men in America By Eric Mason Copyright © 2013 Eric Mason ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Impact of Societal Views and Racial Enculturation on Violence and Death Among Black Men in America Eric Mason Major sociological theories of violent crime have successfully linked criminal activity with socioeconomic status. The linkage of socioeconomic conditions to homicides has led to thetheory that the primary determinant of violent crimes lies within a group’s value system and failure to integrate into the dominant culture’s
If there is no significant difference in the relationship with these variables then there will be less evidence upon which to build strategies to decrease the incidence of homicides in the Black community based on this relationship. The hypothesis concerning the influence of racial enculturation and religion, all were significant in predicting the relationship with the dependent variables. The findings of this study suggest a great potential for the development of a strategy to address the concerns of reducing the incidence of homicides in the Black community. Although the relationships were not large they were shown to be significant. Death anxiety and/or attitude can be predicted to somewhat of surety by being keenly conscientious of selected environmental factors impacting Black Americans perspectives on life and death rising from their racial socialization and religious awareness. The results of this study also affirmed that the items selected by the factorial analysis can be assessed with an acceptable degree of reliability and validity. The
If this is true, there will be an implied opportunity for building new strategies to decrease the incidence of homicides in the Black American community. If there is no significant difference in the relationship with these variables then there will be less evidence upon which to build strategies to decrease the incidence of homicides in Black American community based on this relationship. H 2: Since the instrument of measurement being used was created by the investigator, he believes the results of the factor analysis to determine instrument constructs can be assessed with an acceptable degree of reliability and validity. Summary Thanatologists, through research, theory, and clinical observations, support the belief that there exists a common set of complex behaviors that characterize the bereavement process for individuals experiencing loss (Aiken, 2001). Kalish and Reynolds (1981) proposed a psychocultural approach to death rooted in ethnicity and suggested variations and subtle patterns unique to specific ethnic and cultural groups. Barrett (1993) acknowledged that this approach results in examining those cultural specific attitudes and perspectives of major American ethnic groups not included in cross-cultural studies, or with limited information