A social structural reinterpretation of 'the burden of acting White': a hermeneutical analysis.

This essay explores how social psychologically the social structure of capitalist inequality has given rise to the Black-White achievement gap. This critical understanding is a reinterpretation of the 'burden of acting White' hypothesis, and suggests that research on the achievement gap should focus...

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Publicado en:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 85 - 98
Autor principal: Mocombe, PaulC.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2011
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