Racial Stratification and Education in the United States: Why Inequality Persists.

Ogbu, John U.

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ERIC Number: EJ498401

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Publication Date: 1994

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Racial Stratification and Education in the United States: Why Inequality Persists.

Ogbu, John U.

Teachers College Record, v96 n2 p264-98 Win 1994

Explains the persistence of inequality between blacks and whites despite changes since 1960, noting why a gap persists in the school performances of the two groups. The article looks at the difference between class stratification and racial stratification and then discusses civil rights, social change, and the educational consequences of racial stratification. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Blacks, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Group Status, Marxian Analysis, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Racial Factors, Social Class, Social Influences, Social Stratification

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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