Penn State

Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
Research and Practice

Race, Class and Education

Race, Class and Education

Len Barton, Stephen Walker
1983
1983

Abstract

One problem which continues to absorb social scientists is the way in which so much social deprivation stems from racial or class status. The discussion in this book is developed in two ways: firstly, careful attention is given to an examination of the way minority groups create and maintain collective identities and action. Secondly, the relationship between this movement and such topics as racism in schools, schooling, unemployment and West Indian involvement in sporting rather than academic activities is analysed, together with the nature of the educational experience of different class and gender groups.

Abstract

One problem which continues to absorb social scientists is the way in which so much social deprivation stems from racial or class status. The discussion in this book is developed in two ways: firstly, careful attention is given to an examination of the way minority groups create and maintain collective identities and action. Secondly, the relationship between this movement and such topics as racism in schools, schooling, unemployment and West Indian involvement in sporting rather than academic activities is analysed, together with the nature of the educational experience of different class and gender groups.

Social Movements

Women's Rights, Working Class

Keywords

Class, Community Organizing, Decolonialism, Gender, Higher Education, Policy, Public Schooling, Race

Theme

Social Movements Within; Through; and for Public Education