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Maylor, Uvanney; Williams, Katya – Gender and Education, 2011
This viewpoint draws on discussions at two seminars to consider ambivalent attitudes amongst a group of Black women towards considering themselves and/or other Black people as "middle class". The first seminar highlighted the experiences of a group of Black "middle-class" parents and the second, which was organised as a result of the reaction the…
Descriptors: African American Community, Middle Class, Seminars, Females
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Williams, Katya; Jamieson, Fiona; Hollingworth, Sumi – Gender and Education, 2008
This paper examines the impact of gender on white middle-class parents' anxiety about choosing inner-city comprehensives and their children's subsequent experiences within school, particularly in relation to social mixing. Drawing on interview data from an ESRC funded study of white middle-class parents whose children attend inner-city…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Whites, Males, School Choice