For Further Information
For Further Information
P.J. Cook and J. Ludwig. "The Burden of 'Acting White': Do Black Adolescents Disparage Academic Achievement?" In C. Jencks and M. Phillips, eds.,
The Black-White Test Score Gap. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998, pp. 375-400.
W. Darity Jr., D. Castellino, and K. Tyson. "Increasing Opportunity to Learn via Access to Rigorous Courses and Programs: One Strategy for Closing the Achievement Gap for At-Risk and Ethnic Minority Students." Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2000.
A. Datnow and R. Cooper. "Peer Networks of African American Students in Independent Schools: Affirming Academic Success and Racial Identity."
Journal of Negro Education 66, no. 1 (Winter 1997): 56-72.
Education Trust.
Latino Achievement in America. Washington, DC: Author, 2003.
R.F. Ferguson. "A Diagnostic Analysis of Black-White GPA Disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio." Brookings Papers on Education Policy 2001. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
S. Fordham and J. Ogbu. "Black Students and School Success: Coping with the Burden of Acting White." Urban Review 18 (1986): 176-206.
Minority Student Achievement Network, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60204; tel: 847-424-7185; email:
info@msanetwork.org
P.A. Noguera. "Joaquín's Dilemma: Understanding the Link Between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors." In M. Sadowski, ed.,
Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2003.
T. Perry, C. Steele, and A. Hilliard III.
Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African American Students. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.
K. Tyson, W. Darity Jr., and D. Castellino. "Breeding Animosity: The 'Burden of Acting White' and Other Problems of Status Group Hierarchies in Schools." Publication forthcoming. For information, contact:
darity@email.unc.edu