Ethnicity - Internal Flashcards
What are the broad groups of racism, internal?
Labelling and teacher racism, pupil responses and subcultures, ethnocentric curriculum, institutional racism and selection and segregation.
Gillborn and Youdell 2000
Ethnicity, internal, labelling and teacher racism, rationing education…
Teachers were quick to discipline black pupils compared to others with similar behaviour, ‘racialised expectations’ teachers misinterpret behaviour and see black pupils as anti-authority creating teacher pupil conflict reinforcing stereotypes leading to further problems.
Bourne 1994 & Foster 1990
Ethnicity, internal, labelling and teacher racism…
Black boys are seen as threats, labelled negatively, exclusions, lower sets and steams.
Wright 1992
Ethnicity, internal, labelling and teacher racism…
Asian pupils are the victims of labelling due to ethnocentric views,melt our of discussions,manes mispronounced, marginalisation.
Fuller & Mac an Ghail 1984
Ethnicity, internal, pupil responded and subcultures, ‘rejection of labels’…
Y11 black girls, London comprehensive, low steams but achieving highly. Girls did not conform to all school values but valued educational success enough to push themselves, black A-level Asian studies.
Mizra 1992
‘Failed strategies for coping with racism’
Ethnicity, internal, pupil responses and subcultures…
Teachers showed 3 types of racism:
1) the colour blind - believes all pupils are equal but in practice racism goes unchallenged.
2) liberal chauvinists - believe blacks are culturally deprived so have lower expectations.
3) overt racists - believe blacks are inferior and actively discriminate against them.
Sewell - 1998
‘Loose Cannons’
Ethnicity, internal, pupil responses and subcultures…
Teachers hold a ‘black machismo’ stereotype, black boys respond to racism.
1) conformity - accepted school values and eager to succeed.
2) rebellion - reject school values, opposed school by joining a peer group reinforcing negative stereotypes.
3) retreatism - isolate and disconnect from peer group subcultures and the school, low profile.
4) innovation - pro education, anti school, disconnected from conformist, kept credibility with rebels while still valuing education success.
Troyna and Williams 1986/David 1993
Etnnicity, internal, ethnocentric curriculum…
National curriculum is specifically British and ignores other cultures specifically non-European.
Ball 1994
Ethnicity, internal, ethnocentric curriculum…
Little englandism, national curriculum focuses on white British culture and ignores the history of blacks and Asians.
Coard 1975/2005
Ethnicity, internal, ethnocentric curriculum…
Black culture and history is taught to be primitive and white civilised. White = pure and good, black is evil.
What is individual racism?
Prejudice of individuals
What is institutional racism?
Inbuilt discrimination eg school, police and media.
What is an example of institutional racism?
The ethnocentric curriculum.
Hatcher 1996
Ethnicity, internal, institutional racism…
Racist behaviour is unchallenged and ignored in school, lack of formal strategies to deal with it.
Troyna
Ethnicity, internal, institutional racism…
Lack of provision teaching Asian languages.
