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Cultural Schizophrenia: An Examination Of Societal Practices And Their Academic Consequences, Hakim Shahid
Cultural Schizophrenia: An Examination Of Societal Practices And Their Academic Consequences, Hakim Shahid
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Socio-economic exclusion, unequal schooling, and social reproduction are code words describing facets of racism that subsist in education. As a doctoral student in higher education, I have come to realize that the astonishing depth of the achievement gap that exists in many schools across this nation may be for reasons other than academic ability. In fact, many ill-conceived ideological practices of dominant society have become manifested in the educational psyche of minority students in America. This paper examines the psychological phenomenon that exists in both dominant mainstream and oppressed minority groups that is the life force for this type of …