NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ285984
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
Language in Political Context: The Case of West Indians in Britain.
Fisher, George
Oxford Review of Education, v9 n2 p123-31 1983
Jamaican dialect among Blacks in Britain seems to help unify working-class Black youth, thus making it a political, as well as a cultural resource, in the development of Black identity. However, this language form also contributes to differences between some first- and second-generation Afro-Caribbean Blacks in Britain. (IS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Black Dialects, Black Education, Black Employment, Black Students, Black Youth, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Racial Relations, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Britain; West Indians