Academic apartheid : race and the criminalization of failure in an American suburb /

Academic apartheid : race and the criminalization of failure in an American suburb /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Drake, Sean J., author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Description:	xii, 250 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Segregation in education -- California, Southern. Educational equalization -- California, Southern. Racism in schools -- California, Southern. Minorities -- Education -- California, Southern. Educational equalization. Minorities -- Education. Racism in schools. Segregation in education. Southern California.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12716066

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ISBN:	9780520381353 0520381351 9780520381377 0520381378 9780520381384
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In Academic Apartheid, sociologist Sean J. Drake addresses long-standing problems of educational inequality from a nuanced perspective, looking at how race and class intersect to affect modern school segregation. Drawing on over two years of ethnographic observation and dozens of interviews at two distinct high schools in a racially diverse Southern California suburb, Drake unveils hidden institutional mechanisms that lead to the overt segregation and symbolic criminalization of Black, Latino, and lower-income students who struggle academically. His work illuminates how institutional definitions of success contribute to school segregation, how institutional actors leverage those definitions to justify inequality, and the ways in which local immigrant groups use their ethnic resources to succeed. Academic Apartheid represents a new way forward for scholars whose work sits at the intersection of education, race and ethnicity, class, and immigration"--
Other form:	Online version: Drake, Sean J. Academic apartheid Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] 9780520381384

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction Segregated Schools and Disadvantaged Students in an Affluent Neighborhood
1. "If You're Not in AP Classes, Then Who Are You?"
2. The Symbolic Criminalization of Failure
3. The Segregation of Teaching and Learning
4. The Institutionalization of Ethnic Capital
5. "We've Failed These Kids" Missed Opportunities and Signs of Hope
Conclusion
Methodological Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index