Something that I wish more researchers, educators, and scholars would study and write about is the socialization and assimilation process that students go through during their “education”. For all students, this is a very difficult time and process. Recently I have spent a bit of time reading and analyzing how many African-American students manage this [...]
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An Aspect of Assimilation in Schools
Posted in My Life, Social Justice Education, language, tagged assimilation, cultural capital, cultural competence, cultural mismatch, Ebonics, education, Signithia Fordham, social capital, Social Justice Education on December 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dissin’ “the Standard”: Ebonics as Guerrilla Warfare at Capital High
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, Social Justice Education, language, tagged academic achievement, education, culture, dominant culture, American classrooms, standard English, Ebonics, African American English, language, discourses, Signithia Fordham on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Something that I wish more researchers, educators, and scholars would study and write about is the socialization and assimilation process that students go through during their “education”. For all students, this is a very difficult time and process. Recently I’ve spent a bit of time reading and analyzing how African-American students manage this period of [...]
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