Author(s): Quaylan Allen
Journal: Journal of African American Males in Education
ISSN 2153-9065
Volume: 1;
Issue: 2;
Start page: 125;
Date: 2010;
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Keywords: African American | Males | Education
ABSTRACT
The literature on Black education has often neglected significant analysis of life in schools and the experience of racism among Black middle-class students in general and Black middle-class males specifically. Moreover, the achievement gap between this population and their White counterparts in many cases is greater than the gap that exists among working-class Blacks and Whites. This study begins to document the aforementioned by illuminating the racial microaggressions experienced by Black middle-class males while in school and how their families’ usage of social and cultural capital deflect the potential negative outcomes of school racism.
Journal: Journal of African American Males in Education
ISSN 2153-9065
Volume: 1;
Issue: 2;
Start page: 125;
Date: 2010;
VIEW PDF
DOWNLOAD PDF Original pageKeywords: African American | Males | Education
ABSTRACT
The literature on Black education has often neglected significant analysis of life in schools and the experience of racism among Black middle-class students in general and Black middle-class males specifically. Moreover, the achievement gap between this population and their White counterparts in many cases is greater than the gap that exists among working-class Blacks and Whites. This study begins to document the aforementioned by illuminating the racial microaggressions experienced by Black middle-class males while in school and how their families’ usage of social and cultural capital deflect the potential negative outcomes of school racism.
