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Despite the advantages of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, black workers remain underrepresented among the ranks of professional/managerial employees. Black professional men occupy a somewhat unique position in that they can benefit from gendered advantages in male-dominated occupations, but still encounter racial biases and obstacles given that most professional occupations remain predominantly white. The author uses Joe R. Feagin’s concepts of white racial framing and counter-framing to assess how black male lawyers understand the challenges they face in these environments, as well as the strategies they use to resist.
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Wingfield, A.H. (2017). Legal Outsiders, Strategic Toughness: Racial Frames and Counter-Frame in the Legal Profession. In: Thompson-Miller, R., Ducey, K. (eds) Systemic Racism. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59410-5_8
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