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Black students' school success: Coping with the “burden of ‘acting white’”
Signithia Fordham,John U. Ogbu +1 more
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In this paper, a framework for understanding how a sense of collective identity enters into the process of schooling and affects academic achievement is proposed, showing how the fear of being accused of "acting white" causes a social and psychological situation which diminishes black students' academic effort and thus leads to underachievement.Abstract:
The authors review their previous explanation of black students' underachievement. They now suggest the importance of considering black people's expressive responses to their historical status and experience in America. “Fictive kinship” is proposed as a framework for understanding how a sense of collective identity enters into the process of schooling and affects academic achievement. The authors support their argument with ethnographic data from a high school in Washington, D.C., showing how the fear of being accused of “acting white” causes a social and psychological situation which diminishes black students' academic effort and thus leads to underachievement. Policy and programmatic implications are discussed.read more
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Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education.
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Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: a review of research and directions for future study.
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TL;DR: The authors integrate and synthesize what is known about racial and ethnic socialization on the basis of current empirical research, examining studies concerning its nature and frequency; its child, parent, and ecological predictors; and its consequences for children's development, including ethnic identity, self-esteem, coping with discrimination, academic achievement, and psychosocial well-being.
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Equality of Educational Opportunity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the importance of equity and excellence in education in the context of the 1968 Equalization of EdUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY (EOW) campaign.
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How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement
Abstract: Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children's IQ and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined.
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All our kin : strategies for survival in a Black community
TL;DR: The Flats as discussed by the authors is a collection of urban poor stereotypes and stereotypes versus reality, including: "What Goes Round Come Round" and "Gimme a Little Sugar" from the '60s.