Ethnicity DA

Question 1

What did Moynihan believe ( new right)

Answer 1

That most black families are headed by lone mothers

Question 2

What did murray believe about family structure?

Answer 2

That boys miss out on tough love and discipline that will benefit them later in life due to a lack of father figure

Question 3

What does sewell believe is a result of lack of tough love?

Answer 3

That black boys miss out on the restricting influence if a father figure and join gang as to receive ‘perverse loyalty and love’ that they don’t get at home

Question 4

How does joining gangs affect achievement?

Answer 4

Boys conform to the anti school identity, for example through music and the media, impacting their achievement negatively

Question 5

How does Gillborn contradict sewell’s views on family structure?

Answer 5

He believes that their underachievement is due to institutional racism, not peer pressure

Question 6

What is institutional racism?

Answer 6

Where discrimination is built in to the education system, for example through policies and procedures the school has in place - for example they hold a low priority in dealing with race issues

Question 7

What is an ethnocentric curriculum?

Answer 7

Giving priority to white culture and excluding anything else