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Direct linkFryer, Roland G. – Education Next, 2006
"Acting white" was once a label used by scholars, writing in obscure journals, to characterize academically inclined, but allegedly snobbish, minority students who were shunned by their peers. Now that it has entered the national consciousness--perhaps even its conscience--the term has become a slippery, contentious phrase that is used…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Peer Relationship, Rejection (Psychology), Social Attitudes
