Keepin' it real : school success beyond black and white /
Keeping it real
Prudence L. Carter.
- xviii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Transgressing boundaries .
- Transgressing boundaries. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index.
Minding the gap: race, ethnicity, achievement and cultural meanings -- Beyond belief: mainstreamers, straddlers, and noncompliant believers -- "Black" cultural capital and the conflicts of schooling -- Between a "soft" and a "hard" place: gender, ethnicity, and culture in the school and at home -- Next-door neighbors: the intersections of gender and pan-minority identity -- New "heads" and multicultural navigators: race, ethnicity, poverty, and social capital -- School success has no color.
"Why are so many African American and Latino students performing less well than their Asian and White peers in classes and on exams? Researchers have argued that African American and Latino students who rebel against "acting white" doom themselves to lower levels of scholastic, economic, andsocial achievement. In Keepin' It Real: School Success beyond Black and White, Prudence Carter turns the conventional wisdom on its head arguing that what is needed is a broader recognition of the unique cultural styles and practices that non-white students bring to the classroom. Based on extensiveinterviews and surveys of students in New York, she demonstrates that the most successful negotiators of our school systems are the multicultural navigators, culturally savvy teens who draw from multiple traditions, whether it be knowledge of hip hop or of classical music, to achieve their highambitions. Keepin' it Real refutes the common wisdom about teenage behavior and racial difference, and shows how intercultural communication, rather than assimilation, can help close the black-white gap."--Publisher description.
0195168623 9780195168624
2004027134
Multicultural education--United States African American students--Ethnic identity Hispanic American students--Ethnic identity Academic achievement--Social aspects--United States