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ERIC Number: EJ596409
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
Being a Dummy Makes One a Real Person: The Braining Down of the Education of African Americans.
Crouch, Stanley
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n24 p103-05 Sum 1999
Suggests that acting white and ignorant is the silent killer of educational aspirations for urban blacks, comparing current public figures that appear ridiculous and ignorant (gangster rappers) to Stepin Fetchit of the 1950s. Nineteenth-century blacks never elevated ignorance or vulgarity as aspects of liberation. It is important to determine how to portray the work of intellectuals as exciting. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Students, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes, Higher Education, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: African Americans