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The Problem of Choking in Individuals
Stereotype threat is just a form of choking. You want to essentially live down some expectation that someone else has. And I think it's an individual phenomenon in how it's mostly been studied, but it is also a structural phenomenon. At Barnard, we just started a whole new office and initiative called Access Barnard. That is for first generation, low income and international students designed to do exactly what you're talking about.