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2. Coincidence or conspiracy? Whiteness, policy and the persistence of the Black/White achievement gap
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gillborn,David (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Educational Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(3) : 229-248
- Notes:
- "Adopting an approach shaped by critical race theory the paper proposes a radical analysis of the nature of race inequality in the English educational system. Focusing on the relative achievements of White school leavers and their Black (African Caribbean) peers, it is argued that long standing Black/White inequalities have been obscured by a disproportionate focus on students in receipt of free school meals." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
3. Community Organizing by African Caribbean People in Toronto, Ontario
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gooden,Amoaba (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Black Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(3) : 413-426
- Notes:
- "This article investigates the efficacy of community organizing by African Caribbean migrants in Toronto, Ontario. The author argues that community organizing was an instinctive initiative of African Caribbean people. Historically, Black community organizational agenda, although owing much to its own resourcefulness and fortitude, was intimately connected to the influence and strength of the larger White population. Racism and social exclusions were the major external factors influencing the majority of African Caribbean institutional building." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
4. Redefining 'Race' in North America
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kretsedemas,Philip (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Current Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(6) : 826-844
- Notes:
- "This article explores the changing form of white and black racial categories in North America. It argues that this transformation is being shaped by several, relatively distinct tendencies; including anti-immigrant sentiments, anti-black racism and the identity politics of racialized populations. The discussion focuses on two aspects of this transformation. First, the identity politics of Afro-Caribbean populations is used to illustrate how immigrant experiences contest and complicate the process of black racialization; second, the racialization of Latino populations is used to illustrate how normative definitions of whiteness are being redefined. The conclusion uses these examples to discuss the need for explanations of racial stratification that can account for multiple nodes of inclusion and exclusion." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];