Youth of Color and Identity Development: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status.

Autor/in	Diemer, Matthew A.
Titel	Youth of Color and Identity Development: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status.
Quelle	(1999), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Achievement Rating; Adolescents; Blacks; Cross Cultural Studies; Educational Status Comparison; Family Influence; North American Culture; Racial Identification; Self Concept; Socioeconomic Influences; Socioeconomic Status; Whites; Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Black person; Schwarzer; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Soziokultureller Vergleich; Selbstkonzept; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; White; Weißer
Abstract	When the identities of youth of color have been studied (especially African Americans), several problematic practices have been employed. Racially, African American youth have been compared to a "standard" of White American youth. From the perspective of social class, poor African American youth have been compared to the "standard" of middle class. Additionally, the experiences of poor African Americans have been overinterpreted to represent the experience of all African Americans. What is needed are fair comparisons--both on the basis of race and class. A more comprehensive model of assessing social class (Entwistle and Astone, 1994) is offered. Three recommendations in the study of identity development among African American youth are given. First, comparisons of racial groups should not be based on the assumption of White Americans as the standard. Second, comparisons between racial groups also need to take into account differences in social class. Third, more representative sampling techniques are needed in the study of African American adolescents. (Contains 25 references.) (JDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC