Beyond Acting White
Subtitle: Reframing the Debate on Black Student Achievement
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: February 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780742542730
Subjects: Black studies; Teaching of ethnic minorities; Sociology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science / African-American Studies; African American students; African Americans; Education; School integration; Social aspects; United States
Description: "Beyond Acting White broadens the ongoing 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."--Jacket.