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Item Black Virgin Island high schoolers' school mattering(2021) Daughtry, KendellBlack Virgin Island high schoolers matter but may find themselves questioning if they matter to their schools since the 2017 hurricanes. The current complementarity mixed methods study examined how Black Virgin Island high schoolers in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands perceived school mattering was associated with school practices (i.e., school discipline, teacher relationship, and culturally sustaining pedagogy). The study also explored how Black Virgin Island high schoolers experienced school mattering during academic disruption (a concept developed in the study), their engagement in street life, and get off the Island mentality. The final quantitative sample consisted of 120 participants completing a survey measure. The univariate linear regression and the multivariable linear regression revealed that only teacher relationship had a statistically significant association with school mattering (β= .449 p= <0.001). The qualitative results reveal that academic disruption causes stress and can negatively impact the student-teacher relationship. The qualitative data also revealed that students in street life most likely do no matter to their school, and that mattering to their school did not make a difference in whether a student desired to leave the Island after high school or not. Recommendations for stakeholders to give ear to the importance of the student perspective are given.Item You blind? What, you can't see that?: the impact of colorblind attitudes on young adults' activist behavior against racial injustice and racism in America(University of Delaware, 2017) Daughtry, Kendell; Daughtry, Kendell A.Colorblind ideology and social dominance orientation are two social attitudes that contribute to the continuation of racism in the United States. Colorblind ideology encourages people to no longer see color (race), so when color does matter they cannot see it. Social dominance orientation reflects the extent to which people support group equality. Given the importance of racism and the racial climate in today’s society, the current study was conducted to examine if those social attitudes affected young adults (age 18-35) activist behavior to act against racism and the negative racial climate in America. Two hundred twenty-two participants completed a survey comprised of previously validated scales; Colorblind Scale (Neville et al., 2000), Social Dominance Orientation7(s) (Ho et al., 2015) and the Activism Orientation Scale (Corning & Myers, 2002). The survey was distributed on the University of Delaware campus with results revealing that colorblind attitudes and social dominance orientation significantly associated negatively with activist behavior. I conclude with explaining the importance of combating colorblind ideology in the fight against racism and the racial climate in America.