Role Conflict and Black Underachievement

Autor/in	Mocombe, Paul C.
Titel	Role Conflict and Black Underachievement
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 9 (2011) 2, S.165-185 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; African American Students; Social Attitudes; Underachievement; Role Conflict; Social Structure; Racial Differences; Youth; African American Education; Academic Achievement; Equal Education; Racial Bias; Social Class; Racial Factors; Whites; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Rollenkonflikt; Sozialstruktur; Rassenunterschied; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Schulleistung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; White; Weißer; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Examining the social attitudes and practical consciousness of young black American youth through an analysis of the 1999 rap song, "Bling bling," by the Hot Boyz, in this work, I review the oppositional culture hypothesis as it pertains to the black/white achievement gap, describe the current debate, and reinterpret the hypothesis within a structural functional reading that focuses on the social functional role that black underachievement plays for black youth in the American social structure of inequality. To this end, I argue that the achievement gap is a result of the role conflict brought about by the American postindustrial capitalist social structure of class inequality, rather than a racial or cultural understanding, "burden-of-acting-white," of group belonging. (Contains 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10