Hopeful girls, troubled boys
Subtitle: race and gender disparity in urban education
By: Nancy Lopez.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780415930758; 9780415930741
Subjects: Education, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.; Caribbean Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.; Sex differences in education -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: By 2007, it is estimated that 9.2 million girls of colour will be enrolled in US colleges compared to 6.9 million boys of colour. Why the discrepancy? Lopez takes us to the schools, homes and workplaces of Caribbean youth to point out the different expectations that guide behaviour. Now the largest immigrant group in New York City, Lopez focuses in particular on these Caribbean teens to explain how and why US schools and cities are failing boys of colour. This is an ethnographic study on a topic of increasing interest to people in the field of education and anyone concerned about the future of young people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Unequal schooling: race and gender disparity in urban education; title: From "mamasita" to "hoodlum": stigma as lived experience; title: "Urban high schools": the reality of unequal schooling; title: "Problem" boys; title: Rewarding femininity; title: Homegrown: how the family does gender; title: After graduation: race and gender in the workplace; title: Education as a way out: the future of Latino and Black education; title: Appendix A: Description of second-generation Caribbean women interviewed, ages 18-30; title: Appendix B: Description of second-generation Caribbean men interviewed, ages 18-30; title: Appendix C: Summary of focus group participants.