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Autor/in | Gillborn, David |
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Titel | Interest-Divergence and the Colour of Cutbacks: Race, Recession and the Undeclared War on Black Children |
Quelle | In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 34 (2013) 4, S.477-491 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0159-6306 |
DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2013.822616 |
Schlagwörter | Critical Theory; Race; African American Children; Whites; Minority Group Children; Racial Bias; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Power Structure; Economically Disadvantaged; Multicultural Education; Achievement Gap; Foreign Countries; Equal Education; Economic Climate; Benchmarking; Unemployment; United Kingdom (England) |
Abstract | Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and illustrating with examples from the English system, the paper addresses the hidden racist dimension to contemporary education reforms and argues that this is a predictable and recurrent theme at times of economic crisis. Derrick Bell's concept of "interest-convergence" argues that moments of racial progress are won when White power-holders perceive self-interest in accommodating the demands of minoritised groups; such moments are unusual and often short-lived. Presently, we are witnessing the reverse of this process; a period of pronounced "interest-divergence," when White power-holders imagine that a direct advantage will accrue from the further exclusion and oppression of Black groups in society. Behind rhetoric that proclaims the need to improve educational standards for all and celebrates a commitment to closing the existing achievement gaps; in reality education reforms are being enacted that systematically disadvantage Black students and demonstrably widen educational inequalities. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |