# Black Identity Development **Covers**:: **Source**:: **Creator**:: # Highlights ##### ^230131864 highlight_tags:: [[Racism]] ###### ^230131864q Race is the sharpest and deepest division in American life, and because of the long standing divide, achieving equal access to and benefits from institu-tions of higher education has been an ongoing struggle for people of color in general, but particularly for African Americans. ^230131864 ##### ^230131865 highlight_tags:: [[header]] ###### ^230131865q College is where young adults begin to question their identity and explore the question of “who am I?” ^230131865 ##### ^230131866 highlight_tags:: [[pyschology]] ###### ^230131866q Tatum (1997) said thatjoining with one’s peers for support in the face of stress is a positive coping strategy. ^230131866 ##### ^230131867 This impacts minority students success ###### ^230131867q Bakari (1997) argued that PWIs often fail to meet the challenges of cross cultural student development for Black students. They continue to operate under the melting pot theory, where everyone is expected to fit into the mainstream White middle class value structure. ^230131867