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Beyond acting white : reframing the debate on black student achievement / edited by Erin McNamara Horvat and Carla O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American students.
- School integration--United States.
- School integration.
- African Americans--Education--Social aspects.
- African Americans--Education.
- United States.
- African Americans.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Minorities--Education--United States.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Education.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 247 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Framing the field: past and future research. On the historic underachievement of black students / Carla O'Connor, Erin McNamara Horvat, Amanda E. Lewis
- Bring it on! diverse responses to "acting white" among academically able black adolescents / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Anne E. Velasco
- The making of a "burden" : tracing the development of a "burden of acting white" in schools / Karolyn Tyson
- Shifting images of blackness : coming of age as black students in urban and suburban high schools / Annette Hemmings
- Intersecting identities : "acting white," gender, and academic achievement / Prudence L. Carter
- To be young, gifted, and somewhat foreign : the role of ethnicity in black student achievement / Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield
- Reconsidering "material conditions" : how neigborhood context can shape educational outcomes across racial groups / James W. Ainsworth, Greg Wiggan
- Whiteness in school : how race shapes black students' opportunities / Amanda E. Lewis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742542726
- 0742542734
- OCLC:
- 65534999
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