Topic 3- Ethnic Differences in Achievement- External Sociologists

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Believes low-income black American families' restricted code is a barrier to success
Bereiter Engelmann
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Blames majority of black families being matrifocal and lacking a male role model for underachievement
Murray
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Blames low achievement of ethnic minorities on lack of assimilation into British culture
Scruton
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Contrasts black and Asian pupils; Asian pupils achieve better due to their culture being more resistant to racism
Pryce
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Defines 'culture of resistance'
Hall
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Believes underachievement in black pupils, especially boys, is down to absence of fatherly love and 'perverse loyalty' from street gangs
Sewell
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Identified adult authority in traditional Asian families as being similar to that of education
Lupton
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Found that ethnic minority pupils are more likely to aspire for university than white British pupils
McCulloch
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States white working-class young people learn intimidation tactics from surroundings, which they play out at school
Evans
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Disagrees that ethnic minority pupils are culturally deprived- argues instead curriculum is ethnocentric and doesn't cater to their cultural knowledge
Keddie
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Blames racism for low achievement, not on any fault in black pupils' personalities
Lawrence
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Disagrees with New Right; believes there are positives to matrifocal families
Driver
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Argued racism leads to social exclusion which then worsens poverty, leading to material deprivation
Rex
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Did study; used 3 closely-matched fictional applicants in 1000 job offers, with the majority of interviews being given to 'white' applicants
Wood et al
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