The Assistant Attorney General asserts that it is wrong and naive to equate discrimination with economic disparity and to say that because there is an economic disparity between Whites and Blacks, it is due to discrimination against the latter group. (Author/GC)

This essay, written from a Marxist perspective, outlines the historical development of the idea of "the public." The author concludes that lifelong education is the result of working class solidarity rather than the academic heritage of the nineteenth century. (JB)

Describes three issues central to the relationship between counseling and culture: the etic-emit distinction (studying culture on its own terms versus how it compares to others), the sociology of knowledge, and modernity. Emphasizes the importance of these concepts in counselor training programs. (LLL)

Examines whether black children learn a categorized list in the same way as they learn an uncategorized list and white children learn each list by a different strategy. Sixty fourth grade children, randomly selected by race and class group from a pool of 123 children, approximately one-third of whom were lower class white, lower class black, and…

Student attitudes toward current controversial problems (bussing for racial integration, legalization of abortion, and legalization of marijuana) were studied with regard to social class. The 1960 revision of the Purdue Master Attitude Scale was used. (LBH)

The sources of student discontent are the major concern of this paper. (DM)

Study was designed to examine social-class differences in speech as produced under three conditions varying from highly structured to a more natural linguistic setting. (Authors)

Study attempted to determine the extent to which visual perception skills are related to language and general ability in nursery school children. (Author)

Study hypothesized that lower class school children would be less cognitively complex and consequently show less advanced moral judgment than would middle class children. (Authors/CB)

White professionals have not utilized a cultural perspective that would enhance practice and capitalize on the uniqueness of an indigenous professional. (DM)

A theoretical framework stemming from the evolutionary psychology of Herbert Spencer, along with two experiments with young children as subjects, are presented. (Authors)

Middle-class respondents mistakenly deny that the work ethic is strong among the poor, fundamentally misunderstand how high work ethic leads to increased feelings of insecurity, and mistakenly project for the poor a strong identification of welfare income with income from quasi-illegal sources. (Author)

Argues that the pattern of patient care which is emerging to serve the lower socioeconomic groups is approaching the pattern which serves the rest of the population, as the prejudice barrier falls. (DM)

Lists and discusses internationally applicable factors which are likely to hinder or obstruct learning from the time the disadvantaged child enters the classroom. (DM)