Keepin' it real : school success beyond black and white / Prudence L. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Prudence L., author.

Series:

Transgressing boundaries. Studies in Black politics and Black communities.

Oxford scholarship online.

Transgressing boundaries. Studies in Black politics and Black communities

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

African American students--Ethnic identity.

African American students.

Hispanic American students--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic American students.

Academic achievement--Social aspects--United States.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keepin' It Real refutes the common wisdom about teenage behavior and racial difference, and shows how intercultural communication, rather than assimilation, can help close the black-white achievement gap.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; INTRODUCTION Minding the Gap: Race, Ethnicity, Achievement, and Cultural Meaning; 1 Beyond Belief: Mainstreamers, Straddlers, and Noncompliant Believers; 2 "Black" Cultural Capital and the Conflicts of Schooling; 3 Between a "Soft" and a "Hard" Place: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in the School and at Home; 4 Next-Door Neighbors: The Intersection of Gender and Pan-Minority Identity; 5 New "Heads" and Multicultural Navigators: Race, Ethnicity, Poverty, and Social Capital; 6 School Success Has No Color; Appendix; Notes

Bibliography INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 22, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-774321-8

0-19-988338-6

0-19-532523-0

0-19-803770-8

1-280-53428-1

1-60256-802-2

OCLC:

935262020