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Tamari of Kitossa

Professor, Sociology — Brock University

Kustawi@info.catkitossa@brocku.ca

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Research

Sexual Abuse of Boys and Men

Admitting they have been sexually abused, coerced or manipulated at any time in their life is especially hard for 'Black' men to admit. Yet, sexual abuse of African descent boys and men over the life-course in communities and institutions in Canada is an open secret about which too few want to openly discuss. Much of the evidence from communities is anecdotal and a search of journals and databases…

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 ‘I had to submit to being exoticised by white women. If I didn’t, I was punished’Article

Newland, Courttia

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Rapper YG reveals past sexual abuse in new singleVideo
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 Recreating Africa: Culture, kinship and religion in the African- Portuguese world, 1441–1770
Recreating Africa: Culture, kinship and religion in the African- Portuguese world, 1441–1770Article

Sweet, James H

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 The cover ups and the shame: Black men and molestation
The cover ups and the shame: Black men and molestationArticle

Dawkins, Farida

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‘I Had No Hair on Me’: DeRay Davis Says He Lost His Virginity at Age 11 to 2 30-Year-Old Women Article

Helm, Angela

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“I Kept It to Myself”: Young Jamaican Men Who Have Sex with Men’s Experiences with Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sexual AssaultArticle

Harris, Orlando O and Leith Lorraine Dunn

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10 Black Celebrity Men Who’ve Opened Up About Childhood Sexual Abuse
10 Black Celebrity Men Who’ve Opened Up About Childhood Sexual AbuseArticle

Bennett, Jessica

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A path analysis of racially diverse men’s sexual victimization, risk-taking, and attitudesArticle

French, B. H et al.

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After more than 70 years, 4 Black men wrongly accused of rape have been exonerated
After more than 70 years, 4 Black men wrongly accused of rape have been exoneratedArticle

The Associated Press

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Age of sexual debut among US adolescentsArticle

Cavazos-Rehga, Patricia A et al.

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Allen Park police sued after man says he underwent an illegal body cavity searchArticle

Catallo, Heather

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Any Four Black Men Will Do: Rape, Race, and the Ultimate ScapegoatArticle

Patton, Tracey Owens and Julie Snyder-Yuly

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Black children six times more likely to be strip-searched by police
Black children six times more likely to be strip-searched by policeArticle

Roberts, Joe

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Boys and Sexual Abuse: The Untold Stories of Trauma
Boys and Sexual Abuse: The Untold Stories of TraumaArticle

Turner, Erlanger A.

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Breaking the golden rule: A review of police strip searches in Ontario
Breaking the golden rule: A review of police strip searches in OntarioArticle

McNeilly, Gerry

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Breaking the silence around the childhood sexual abuse of Black men
Breaking the silence around the childhood sexual abuse of Black menArticle

Rhodes, Lisa R.

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