Weighing the "burden of `acting white'": Are there race differences in attitudes toward education?
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Recent reports by ethnographic researchers and media sources suggest that many African American students view academic success as a form of "acting white," and that peer pressure reduces their level of effort and performance. This article analyzes the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to answer three questions: (1) do blacks experience greater alienation toward school than non-Hispanic whites?; (2) do blacks incur social penalties from their peers for succeeding academically?; and (3) if so, are these "achievement penalties" greater than those for whites? Our analysis suggests the answer to each of the three questions is "apparently not."
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