03435nam 22007094a 450 991046511480332120200520144314.00-19-988338-60-19-532523-00-19-803770-81-280-53428-11-60256-802-2(CKB)2560000000301353(EBL)279542(OCoLC)935262020(SSID)ssj0000186999(PQKBManifestationID)11167871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186999(PQKBWorkID)10253207(PQKB)11623989(StDuBDS)EDZ0000077530(MiAaPQ)EBC279542(Au-PeEL)EBL279542(CaPaEBR)ebr10091868(CaONFJC)MIL53428(EXLCZ)99256000000030135320041120d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKeepin' it real[electronic resource] school success beyond black and white /Prudence L. CarterOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (182 p.)Transgressing boundariesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-516862-3 0-19-994396-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.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; NotesBibliography INDEXWhy do so many African American and Latino students perform worse than their Asian and White peers in classes and on exams? And why are they dropping out of school at higher rates? Common wisdom holds that racial stratification leads African American and Latino students to rebel against ""acting white,"" thus dooming themselves to lower levels of scholastic, economic, and social achievement. But is this true? Do minority students reject certain practices, such as excelling in school, and thus their own mobility, because they fear that peers will accuse them of forsaking their own racial and ethnicTransgressing boundaries.Multicultural educationUnited StatesAfrican American studentsEthnic identityHispanic American studentsEthnic identityAcademic achievementSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Multicultural educationAfrican American studentsEthnic identity.Hispanic American studentsEthnic identity.Academic achievementSocial aspects371.829Carter Prudence L846046MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465114803321Keepin' it real1889952UNINA