SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Inferiority Complex, Acting White, Claude Steele
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North carolina dep of public instruction data. Courses selection based on desire to do well. > lower level course for getter grade. Did not think will do well in higher div. Concern about good college and future oriented. > higher level courses -> may be rejected by ingroup peers. Evidence at 1 of the 8 schools. A burden of high achievement among whites. Animosity between high and low achieving students. Driven by class distinction- higher achieving perceived to be socially/economically advantaged. Lowe achievers want respect and esteem from high achievers. Class bias- lower class whites in high achieving courses ridiculed for trying to be like high class whites. It is not a burden of acting white but high class white. Working class white parents didn"t want their children in gifted programs bc they didn"t want them to think that they were better than others. To better understand processes that hinder groups" academic achievement.
