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ERIC Number: EJ620773
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Democratizing Conversations: Racialized Talk in a Post-Desegregated Middle School.
Schultz, Katherine; Buck, Patricia; Niesz, Tricia
American Educational Research Journal, v37 n1 p33-65 Spr 2000
Uses data from 30 focus groups from a qualitative study of middle school students' experiences of race to show two distinctive types of conversations about race in a multiracial context: (1) "bridging talk" that builds unity and (2) discourse that creates borders and conflict. A third form, "democratic conversations," promoted by educators is offered for consideration. (SLD)
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Qualitative Research, Racial Differences, Racial Identification, School Desegregation, Speech Communication, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Democratic Communication
Note: Research supported by the University of Delaware, the Spencer Foundation, and the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation.