Controlling the Black School-Age Male: Psychotropic Medications and the Circumvention of Public Law 94-142 and Section 504

Autor/in	Fitzgerald, Terence D.
Titel	Controlling the Black School-Age Male: Psychotropic Medications and the Circumvention of Public Law 94-142 and Section 504
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 44 (2009) 2, S.225-247 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085907313440
Schlagwörter	Social Behavior; Social Control; Disabilities; Social Structure; Drug Therapy; Males; African American Students; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Student Behavior; School Policy; Public Schools; Racial Bias; Disproportionate Representation; Behavior Problems; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Court Litigation; Student Rights; White Students; Illinois; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Soziale Kontrolle; Handicap; Behinderung; Sozialstruktur; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schulpolitik; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rechtsstreit; USA
Abstract	Public schools have historically embedded mechanisms for control within their policies and procedures through a variety of means. This article investigates a moderately sized integrated public school system in an upscale to low socioeconomic Big Ten university community in Illinois. Through descriptive measures, the author examines the racial ramifications of using psychotropic medications (e.g., Ritalin) to control the undesired academic and social behavior of Black school-age boys. The study examines how federal policies (i.e., the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 and Section 504) have allowed for the introduction of disproportionate behavioral-stimulant use with Black males as a mode for social control. This article situates findings within a larger argument regarding the ways in which racism and reproduction of the racialized social structure, from the inception of the United States through the 21st century, have included a cycle of control targeting Blacks, and specifically Black males. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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