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Parenting Behavior, Health, and Cognitive Development among Children in Black Immigrant Families: Comparing the United States and the United Kingdom
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Jackson, Margot – Migration Policy Institute, 2012
Racial disparities in child development in the United States are significant, with a particularly pronounced disadvantage among Black children. This report focuses on the development of children of Black immigrants, comparing against the outcomes for their peers in native-born and other immigrant families. The report also compares children in the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, African American Children, Foreign Countries, Child Health
"You Got a Pass, so What More Do You Want?": Race, Class and Gender Intersections in the Educational Experiences of the Black Middle Class
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Gillborn, David; Rollock, Nicola; Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen J. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
The article discusses the findings of an ESRC funded project (RES-062-23-1880) which used in-depth interviews to explore the educational experiences and strategies of 62 Black Caribbean parents; the biggest qualitative study of education and the Black middle class yet conducted in the UK. The article focuses on the parents' interactions with their…
Descriptors: African American Children, Middle Class, Criticism, Educational Experience
Children's Implicit and Explicit Ethnic Group Attitudes, Ethnic Group Identification, and Self-Esteem
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Davis, Stephanie C.; Leman, Patrick J.; Barrett, Martyn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
An increasing amount of research explores how children distinguish different aspects of ethnic group attitudes. However, little work has focused on how these aspects tie in with other social and psychological processes. In the present study, 112 black and white children aged 5-, 7- and 9-years completed tests of implicit and explicit ethnic group…
Descriptors: African American Children, Ethnicity, Self Esteem, Identification (Psychology)