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Fordham, Signithia – 1986
This preliminary report examines the complex relationship between black adolescents' school performance and black Americans' intragroup social organization, as well as the intrusive influence of the larger social structure. It is based on a two-year ethnographic study of high school students in a black section of Washington, D.C. Emphasis is on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Community, Blacks
Fordham, Signithia – 1986
This paper examines the complex relationship between black adolescents' ethnic identity, school performance, and the effect of the larger social structure on the interaction of these phenomena by reference to the concept of racelessness. This concept captures the endemic tensions and conflicts experienced by black Americans as they seek to define…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Achievement, Black Students
Download full textFordham, Signithia – 1985
Black adolescents have learned a well-defined fear of "acting white": a fear of excelling in academic arenas which traditionally have been defined as the prerogative of white Americans. The focus of this analysis is the resulting conflict experienced by academically successful and unsuccessful black students in one predominantly black high school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Achievement, Black Community
