Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.
Contents:
Framing the field: past and future research on the historic underachievement of black students / Carla O'Connor, Erin McNamara Horvat, Amanda E. Lewis -- Bring it on! diverse responses to "acting white" among academically able Black adolescents / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Anne E. Velasco -- The making of a "burden" : tracing the development of a "burden of acting white" in schools / Karolyn Tyson -- Shifting images of blackness : coming of age as Black students in urban and suburban high schools / Annette Hemmings -- Intersecting identities : "acting white," gender, and academic achievement / Prudence L. Carter -- To be young, gifted, and somewhat foreign : the role of ethnicity in Black student achievement / Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield -- Reconsidering "material conditions" : how neigborhood context can shape educational outcomes across racial groups / James W. Ainsworth, Greg Wiggan -- Whiteness in school : how race shapes Black students' opportunities / Amanda E. Lewis.
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