
FreshEd #314 – The Culture Trap (Derron Wallace)
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The Importance of Culture in Black Student Success
In London, black Caribbean's were sort of seen and perceived as this notion of like a failing minority. But in New York, they weresort of seen as the model minority overachieving, doing really well in school. In both cases, the reasoning given why there's these different perception is based on culture of potentially the same ethnic or national group in these two different contexts. The use of culture to explain black student success or failure in schools is not only tricky, it's a trap.
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