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ERIC Number: EJ545596
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Communities of Difference: A Critical Look at Desegregated Spaces Created for and by Youth.
Fine, Michelle; And Others
Harvard Educational Review, v67 n2 p247-84 Sum 1997
Using equal status contact theory, three school communities are examined, one in which racial differences and racist discourse are unquestioned, one that attempts to support youth in a community of difference by working the authority boundary, and one that moves toward communities of difference through bold pedagogies. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Equal Education, High Schools, Racial Bias, Racial Relations, School Culture, School Desegregation, Social Status, Student Subcultures
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Symposium: Ethnicity and Education.