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Being Strategic, Being Watchful, Being Determined: Black Middle-Class Parents and Schooling
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Vincent, Carol; Rollock, Nicola; Ball, Stephen; Gillborn, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper reports on qualitative data that focus on the educational strategies of middle-class parents of Black Caribbean heritage. Drawing on Bourdieu's key concepts of habitus, capital and field, our focus is an investigation of the differences that are apparent between respondent parents in their levels of involvement with regard to schools.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Middle Class, Academic Achievement, Parent Participation
Three Generations of Racism: Black Middle-Class Children and Schooling
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Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen; Rollock, Nicola; Gillborn, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This paper draws on qualitative data exploring the experiences of first-generation middle-class Black Caribbean-heritage parents, their own parents, and their children. We focus on the different ways in which race and class intersect in shaping attitudes towards education and subsequent educational practices. We argue that the nature of racism has…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Middle Class, Blacks, Racial Bias
Intersectional Work and Precarious Positionings: Black Middle-Class Parents and Their Encounters with Schools in England
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Vincent, Carol; Rollock, Nicola; Ball, Stephen; Gillborn, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper reports on data drawn from a study exploring the educational strategies of 62 Black Caribbean heritage middle-class parents. In this paper, we consider the respective roles of race and class in the shaping of parents' educational strategies, deploying an analysis that focuses on their intersection and seeks to hold both race and class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Parent School Relationship, Middle Class
Social Mix, Schooling and Intersectionality: Identity and Risk for Black Middle Class Families
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Ball, Stephen J.; Rollock, Nicola; Vincent, Carol; Gillborn, David – Research Papers in Education, 2013
This paper addresses some particular aspects of the complex intersections between race and social class. It is based upon data collected as part of a two-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project exploring the "Educational Strategies of the Black Middle Classes" (BMC). ("The Educational Strategies of the Black…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Working Class, Middle Class, Racial Bias
"You Got a Pass, so What More Do You Want?": Race, Class and Gender Intersections in the Educational Experiences of the Black Middle Class
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Gillborn, David; Rollock, Nicola; Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen J. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
The article discusses the findings of an ESRC funded project (RES-062-23-1880) which used in-depth interviews to explore the educational experiences and strategies of 62 Black Caribbean parents; the biggest qualitative study of education and the Black middle class yet conducted in the UK. The article focuses on the parents' interactions with their…
Descriptors: African American Children, Middle Class, Criticism, Educational Experience