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Strayhorn, Terrell L.; Johnson, Royel M. – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
At the 60th anniversary of "Brown," the authors analyze survey data from a national sample of 1,227 Black and White college students to examine the frequency and nature of cross-racial interactions and their influence on students' sense of belonging in college. Results suggest the cross-racial interactions vary by race and frequent,…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Racial Relations, African American Students
Tyson, Karolyn, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2011
An all-too-popular explanation for why black students aren't doing better in school is their own use of the "acting white" slur to ridicule fellow blacks for taking advanced classes, doing schoolwork, and striving to earn high grades. Carefully reconsidering how and why black students have come to equate school success with whiteness,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnography, Track System (Education), Racial Integration
Pfeifer, Jennifer H.; Brown, Christia Spears; Juvonen, Jaana – Society for Research in Child Development, 2007
More than five decades after Brown v. Board of Education and four decades after the Civil Rights era, racial prejudice remains a national problem cutting across social class and culture. Although schools may seem ideal places to teach children about tolerance and harmony, there is little consensus on how to best reduce negative sentiments and…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Class, Civil Rights, Psychologists