Boys of Class, Boys of Color
Negotiating the Academic and Social Geography of an Elite Independent School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10228232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Kuriloff (corresponding author), Michael C Reichert, Michael Reichert |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 751-769 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1046/j.0022-4537.2003.00088.x |
| OpenAlex | W2005762162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 8 |
How do boys from diverse backgrounds manage in an elite boys' school? Interviewing a representative sample of 27 boys, blocked for race, class, and academic performance, we found that they navigated the school's academic geography by mastering “a drill” that included hard work, unwavering commitment, a will to win, a cool style, and self knowledge as learners. Some developed a transformative love of learning. But many marginalized boys struggled with the school's social geography. African American boys managed most effectively as they developed intra‐group discourses of race and class enabling them to take up the school's offers of “hegemonic habitus” without “selling out.” We discuss the liberating implications of helping students in both independent and public schools develop similar critiques
Academic achievement · Class (philosophy · Cultural capital · Elite · Ethnic group · Habitus · Hegemony · Interview · Mathematics education · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology
Social Class and Belonging
What Is an Elite Boarding School?
Higher education expansion and attainment gaps in meritocratic beliefs
Unmasking Class
“A Student Wrote on my arm Because They Knew I was Unhoused and Could not Shower”
Perceptions of “The Gift” amongst scholarship students at an elite international school in a major South East Asian City
Costs and benefits
Gender Justice within Elite All-Boys Schools? Possibilities of a Whole-School Approach
The Promise of Private Education
Social Class Discrimination and Academic Success
Class Dismissed
Racial climate reform in independent schools
Parental Evaluation of the Socio-Personal Adjustment of High Ability Students in a Cluster Grouping Program
Classism in the university setting
The poor kids’ table”
Don't skip class
Neoliberal contradictions in two private niches of educational ‘choice’
Class is in session
When the Mirage Fades
Cultural capital in the wrong currency’
When class and race collapse
Brotherhoods of power
We're gonna get you through it”
Culture Shock Revisited
They will look at the shoes and make fun of them”
A summer of distinction
Using the Community Cultural Wealth Model for Success
The Role of Language & Discourse in the Investigation of Privilege
African American Students in Private, Independent Schools
Black Parents’ Perspectives on Instruction
Under the Radar
Working Out the Salvation of Privilege in Elite Schools
Race, Space, and Surveillance
Hostile Ignorance, Class, and Same-Race Friendships
Cohorts, ''Siblings,'' and Mentors
Out with the Old, In with the New? Habitus and Social Mobility at Selective Colleges
You're Either In or You're Out
Surprising intersectionalities of inequality and privilege
Independent School Rhetoric and its Role in the Neoliberal Construction of Whiteness
The Interactive Relationship Between Class Identity and the College Experience
Examining how social class discrimination is associated with combustible tobacco use, nicotine vaping, and dual use among adolescents in California
Meritocratic Myth in Mind? Socioeconomic Backgrounds and Shifting Beliefs about Meritocracy among College Students in China
Engineered Struggle and "Earned" Success
Diversifiers at Elite Schools
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |