The cultural trap : ethnic expectations and unequal schooling for Black youth / Derron Wallace

Author: Wallace, Derron O.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
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In 'The Culture Trap', Derron Wallace argues that the overreliance on culture to explain Black students' achievement and behavior in schools is a trap that undermines the historical factors and institutional processes that shape how Black students experience schooling. Drawing on rich ethnographic observations and interviews, Wallace suggests that use of culture as a proxy for gauging and justifying achievement outcomes obscures the very real ways school structures, institutional processes, and colonial and post-colonial conditions matter for the racial, class, and gender inequalities Black Caribbean students experience in the US and Britain.

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Children, Black—Education—New York (State)—New York
Children, Black—Education—England—London
Immigrant children—Education—New York (State)—New York
Immigrant children—Education—England—London
Children of immigrants—Education—New York (State)—New York
Children of immigrants—Education—England—London
Academic achievement—Social aspects—New York (State)—New York
Academic achievement—Social aspects—England—London
Educational equalization—New York (State)—New York
Educational equalization—England—London
Education

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9780197531501 ebook

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Specialized.

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Also issued in print: 2023.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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