Black Resistance in High School

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Black Resistance in High School......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Chapter 1 Black Cultural Forms in Schools......Page 13 Black Cultural Forms In Schools......Page 14 Schools As Arenas Of Conflict......Page 21 Theories Of Resistance And Cultural Inversion......Page 23 The Canadian Encounter......Page 25 Black Life Before The West Indians......Page 28 Black Schooling......Page 31 Enter The West Indians......Page 32 West Indians In Toronto......Page 33 West Indian Children In Toronto Schools......Page 35 West Indian Subcultures In Toronto Schools......Page 36 The Community And The School......Page 37 Lumberville High: Its Programs And Students......Page 39 Group Formation And Membership......Page 43 "Language Is Unity, Identity, And Power"1......Page 47 Dress Style: From "Army Digs" To "Fashion Dreads"......Page 51 Breaking School Rules......Page 52 Gym And Playground: The Jocks' Domain......Page 54 Corridor And Hallway Behaviors......Page 55 Wall Dancing: Culture Or Subculture?......Page 56 Booze, Herbs, And Soun' Sessions......Page 57 Summary And Conclusion......Page 59 Chapter 4 Authority, Whites, and Women......Page 61 Authority And Power......Page 62 Black, Brown, And White......Page 64 How Boys Dominate Females......Page 67 Summary And Conclusion......Page 71 Chapter 5 Sport as Work......Page 73 The Sport Subculture......Page 74 Agents Of Sport Socialization......Page 78 Work: Life After Sports......Page 83 Summary And Conclusion......Page 86 The Sorting Machine......Page 88 Trapped In A "Dummy" School......Page 91 "Escape From Lumberdump"......Page 93 How Staff Rule......Page 96 Rewards As Control......Page 100 Summary And Conclusion......Page 101 Chapter 7 When Structure and Culture Collide: The Outcome of Schooling......Page 102 The Reproductive Effects Of Tracking......Page 103 School Hopping And Sports: Liberating Or Reproductive?......Page 104 When Structure And Culture Collide......Page 106 Race And Resistance: An Expanded Model......Page 110 The Next Generation Of Culture And Struggle......Page 117 Chapter 8 Strategies for Change......Page 121 Working With Black Resistance......Page 122 Black Subculture: From Opposition To Conciliation......Page 125 Tracking Revisited......Page 127 School-To-Work Transition......Page 129 School-Community Relations......Page 130 Out Of The Gym And Back To The Classroom......Page 131 Toward A Framework For Race Equity In Education......Page 133 Appendix A Research Methodology......Page 136 Analysis And Interpretation Of Data......Page 141 Appendix B Immigration Selection Criteria: A Summary of the "Points System"......Page 143 Chapter Three......Page 146 Chapter Five......Page 147 Chapter Eight......Page 148 Bibliography......Page 149 C......Page 159 I......Page 160 Q......Page 161 T......Page 162 W......Page 163