Erin Mcnamara Horvat, Carla O'Connor

Beyond Acting White

Reframing the Debate on Black Student Achievement

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Produktbeschreibung

Beyond Acting White broadens the extant conversation on the Black-White achievement gap that has been dominated by the notion that Blacks underperform in school because they fear (being accused of) 'acting white.' The authors elucidate the limitations of this explanation by presenting new research that theorizes race as a social phenomenon, unmasks the heterogeneity of the Black experience, and contends with the specifics of social context in the culture and organization of schools and communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780742542730
• ISBN-10: 0742542734
• Artikelnr.: 21677300

Autorenporträt

Erin McNamara Horvat, Carla O'Connor

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction: Framing the Field: Past and Future Research On the
Historic Underachievement of Black Students
3 Bring it On! Diverse Responses to "Acting White" among Academically Able
Black Adolescents
4 The Making of a "Burden": Tracing the Development of a "Burden of Acting
White" in Schools
5 Shifting Images of Blackness: Coming of Age as Black Students in Urban
and Suburban High Schools
6 Intersecting Identities: "Acting White," Gender, and Academic Achievement
7 To Be Young, Gifted, and Somewhat Foreign: The Role of Ethnicity in Black
Student Achievement
8 Reconsidering "Material Conditions": How Neigborhood Context Can Shape
Educational Outcomes across Racial Groups
9 Whiteness in School: How Race Shapes Black Students' Opportunities
10 Afterward