ETHNICITY - ANTI-SCHOOL SUBCULTURES

Question 1

who said that black males are anti-education?

Answer 1

Sewell

Question 2

why did Sewell say that black males are anti-education?

Answer 2

see education as feminine and value style

Question 3

what 4 groups did Sewell identify inspired by Merton?

Answer 3

conformist - pro-edu
innovators- pro-edu, anti-school
retreatists - drop out
rebels - form ysc

Question 4

what did Sewell argue about the four groups?

Answer 4

that conformists were the majority of black boys, but the minority who were rebels got all the attention and created negative stereotypes

Question 5

who identified a pro-education attitude towards school by Afro-Carib girls?

Answer 5

Mirza

Question 6

what did Mirza say Afro-Carib girls adopted?

Answer 6

strategic rationalisation

Question 7

what is strategic rationalisation?

Answer 7

strategies to maximise chances of success e.g. getting head down, ignore inappropriate advice or comments

Question 8

Mirza said that strategic rationalisation is not resistance but a ____ response

Answer 8

rational response to a negative school experience

Question 9

who studied Muslim boys and their subcultures?

Answer 9

Archer

Question 10

what did Archer find within Muslim boys’ subculture?

Answer 10

demonstrated mac and religious identity in peer groups, while fighting Islamophobia and stereotypes