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Garcia, Sandra Anderson – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1989
Discusses the struggles of middle- and lower-class black women to use social programs and affirmative action mandates to advance their status. Examines ways their struggles have affected their self-perceptions and relationships with each other. (Author/JS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Federal Legislation, Females
Foster, Herbert L. – 1986
Lower-class black street corner behavior is present in the inner city and in nonschool settings. This language and behavior is misunderstood by middle-class whites, especially teachers, to the point that effective communications are seriously hampered in urban schools. Efforts to educate minority students will fail significantly until teachers and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Culture, Black Youth, Body Language