Black Resilience: A Strategic Asset for Engaging Heterosexual Black Canadian Men in Community Responses to HIV

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Roger Antabe1, Desmond Miller2, Bagnini Kohoun3, Osagie Okonufua4, Winston Husbands5,6
1Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Social Science Centre, London, Canada
2Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
4Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
5Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Canada
6Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Tóm tắt

Black people’s disproportionate burden of HIV in Canada has raised questions about whether they are sufficiently resilient to HIV, and how to promote resilience. In this paper, we critically examine the issue of resilience among heterosexual Black men in four large Canadian cities (Ottawa, Toronto, London, and Windsor). In 2016, a team of researchers engaged self-identified heterosexual Black men in critical reflection on HIV-related resilience and vulnerability, with the goal of identifying pathways to strengthen their involvement in community responses to HIV. In total, 56 men participated in in-depth interviews and 154 participated in 21 focus groups. The team also organized six focus groups (N = 41) with policymakers, service providers, and community leaders. All four cities participated in a multi-stage iterative process to identify the thematic content of the data. Three overarching sources of resilience emerged from our critical interpretive analysis: (1) bonding with other men, (2) strong commitment to family and community, and (3) demonstrating self-confidence and self-determination. These sources of resilience illustrate the value of love as a driving force for collective action on social justice, support for family and community, and self-determination. These expressions of love support heterosexual Black men to resist or negotiate the structural challenges and gendered ideologies that make them vulnerable to HIV. Based on our analysis, we propose the concept of Black resilience that transcends merely bouncing back from or accommodating to adversity; instead, we understand Black resilience as a predisposition that motivates strategic resistance to systemic disadvantage that undermines Black people’s health and wellbeing.

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