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Myths about Race and the Underclass: Concentrated Poverty and "Underclass" Behaviors.
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Alex-Assensoh, Yvette – Urban Affairs Review, 1995
Demonstrates that in two areas of concentrated poverty in Columbus (Ohio), so-called underclass behaviors are not associated with race. A study of neighborhood poverty and political participation in those areas is used to show that whites and African Americans exhibit statistically indistinguishable and substantively similar levels of such…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Antisocial Behavior, Blacks, Crime
From Crowds to Mobs: School Desegregation in New Orleans--A Case Study of Collective Behavior.
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Wieder, Alan – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Analyzes and explains the change of a crowd into a mob. Uses as a case study the behavior of crowds involved in the integration of two previously all-White elementary schools in New Orleans (Louisiana). Emphasizes the role of the White students who continued to attend the schools. (FMW)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Blacks, Case Studies, Desegregation Effects
A School Desegregation Diary: Mrs. Chandler and the New Orleans School Crisis.
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Wieder, Alan – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Provides a brief history of the desegregation of two elementary schools in New Orleans (Louisiana) in 1960. Presents the recollections and observations of the mother of two of the White students who continued to attend school despite a boycott. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Blacks, Civil Rights