Unequality in Education: Oakland High School

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August 30, 2013

 

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(Steele and Aronson 1995: 401) What Ferguson says about stereotype threats is that it particularly affects groups that have a history of being stigmatized. Aronson and Steele argue that black students suffer heavily from stereotype threat because they have been afflicted with stigmas of inferiority. They say that blacks who praise their education face pressure from stereotype threats because they can potentially undermine their performance because the pressure that comes with it might force them to not associate with school and lead them to academic failure...
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They say that blacks who praise their education face pressure from stereotype threats because they can potentially undermine their performance because the pressure that comes with it might force them to not associate with school and lead them to academic failure. (Steele and Aronson 1995: 402) Based on tests by Steele and Aronson, they found out that blacks were conscious of the truth of negative stereotypes about their intellect if their test results were being compared to that of whites...
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