Conflicting Images? Being Black and a Model High School Student.

Hemmings, Annette

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ERIC Number: EJ578697

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Publication Date: 1996

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Conflicting Images? Being Black and a Model High School Student.

Hemmings, Annette

Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v27 n1 p20-50 Mar 1996

Students in two desegregated urban high schools agreed on the definition of a good student but disagreed on the acceptability of the model for blacks. Six black high achievers, within these contrasting environments (middle-class versus working-class) show how they respond to the conflict of being black and a model student. (MMU)

Descriptors: Advanced Students, Black Students, Cultural Influences, High Achievement, High Schools, Peer Acceptance, Peer Influence, Role Models, School Desegregation, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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