SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Business Cycle, Social Capital, Aid To Families With Dependent Children
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Express own racial/ ethnic background as central to their identity. But portray most cultural behaviors as racially/ ethnically neutral. Even at the risk of ingroup rejection. Widest gap between beliefs about school and engagement and thier performance. Their racial/ ethnic identity lead them to challenge compliance with. But don"t always comply with rules of educational attainment rules used to denote (cid:522)good(cid:523) students. Limited knowledge of dominant cultural rules- or simply reject all of them. See value in their own cultural knowledge- (cid:522)culture of power(cid:523) Create meaning with their co- ethnic peers. Critical of schools cultural exclusivity-> negotiate in a way that allows them to maintain their own identity and embrace dominant culture. > socially successful because they juggle many (cid:522)cultural toolkits(cid:523) Concentration of latinos in poor, urban areas- who else lives there. > whites conflate latino and black identity and experience. Latino families treat boys and girls differently. One increases - so does the other.
