Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice

Autor/in	Shedd, Carla
Institution	Russell Sage Foundation
Titel	Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice
Quelle	(2015), (244 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-87154-796-5
Schlagwörter	Racial Segregation; Low Income; African American Students; Transportation; Neighborhoods; Social Differences; Poverty; Disadvantaged; Interviews; Barriers; Academic Achievement; Race; Social Class; Juvenile Gangs; Justice; Educational Opportunities; Educational Attainment; Law Enforcement; World Views; Adolescent Attitudes; Social Structure; School Safety; Trust (Psychology); Power Structure; Police Community Relationship; Institutional Characteristics; Student Diversity; Hispanic American Students; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Elementary Secondary Education; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassentrennung; Niedriglohn; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Verkehrswesen; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Sozialer Unterschied; Armut; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schulleistung; Rasse; Abstammung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Jugendbande; Gerechtigkeit; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Gesetzesvollzug; World view; Weltanschauung; Sozialstruktur; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	Chicago has long struggled with racial residential segregation, high rates of poverty, and deepening class stratification, and it can be a challenging place for adolescents to grow up. "Unequal City" examines the ways in which Chicago's most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the law. In this pioneering analysis of the intersection of race, place, and opportunity, sociologist and criminal justice expert Carla Shedd illuminates how schools either reinforce or ameliorate the social inequalities that shape the worlds of these adolescents. Shedd draws from an array of data and in-depth interviews with Chicago youth to offer new insight into this understudied group. Focusing on four public high schools with differing student bodies, Shedd reveals how the predominantly low-income African American students at one school encounter obstacles their more affluent, white counterparts on the other side of the city do not face. Teens often travel long distances to attend school which, due to Chicago's segregated and highly unequal neighborhoods, can involve crossing class, race, and gang lines. As Shedd explains, the disadvantaged teens who traverse these boundaries daily develop a keen "perception of injustice," or the recognition that their economic and educational opportunities are restricted by their place in the social hierarchy. Adolescents' worldviews are also influenced by encounters with law enforcement while traveling to school and during school hours. Shedd tracks the rise of metal detectors, surveillance cameras, and pat-downs at certain Chicago schools. Along with police procedures like stop-and-frisk, these prison-like practices lead to distrust of authority and feelings of powerlessness among the adolescents who experience mistreatment either firsthand or vicariously. Shedd finds that the racial composition of the student body profoundly shapes students' perceptions of injustice. The more diverse a school is, the more likely its students of color will recognize whether they are subject to discriminatory treatment. By contrast, African American and Hispanic youth whose schools and neighborhoods are both highly segregated and highly policed are less likely to understand their individual and group disadvantage due to their lack of exposure to youth of differing backgrounds. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Russell Sage Foundation. 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065. Tel: 212-750-6000; Fax: 212-371-4761; e-mail: info@rsage.org; Web site: http://www.russellsage.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01