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Blacks in the White Establishment? - A Study of Race and Class in America (Paperback)
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Blacks in the White Establishment? - A Study of Race and Class in America (Paperback)
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"The next thing the girl said was, 'I've never been near anyone
black except for my maid.' And I thought, I'm going to have
problems here."-Bobette Reed Kahn What were the feelings and
experiences of the young blacks from economically impoverished
backgrounds who in the 1960s were placed in white upper-class prep
schools? What do their current attitudes and achievements reveal
about the importance of race and class in America? In this
sensitive and engrossing book, a social psychologist and a
political sociologist report on the early graduates of A Better
Chance, a program designed to recruit and prepare minority students
for entry into exclusive boarding schools, elite colleges and
universities, and ultimately positions of power and prestige.
Zwegenhaft and Domhoff's book is a vivid testimony to the costs and
the rewards of this innovative attempt to transcend racial
barriers. As Zweigenhaft and Domhoff relate, these young men and
women faced difficulties in the dramatic transition from black
ghettos to the most exclusive boarding schools in the United
States. Yet most not only endured but flourished. We hear their
stories about the orientation programs they attended, their
experiences in prep schools and colleges, the overt and covert
forms of discrimination they faced, and the problems they
encountered when they went home again. They discuss the pressures
they felt, the friendships they made, the marriage partners they
selected, and the frustrations and gratifications in their
occupational lives. The question of the relative importance of race
and class in the United States is an ongoing controversy among
policymakers, educators, and social scientists. Zweigenhaft and
Domhoff's study sheds light on this debate-it concludes that while
the importance of class has increased in the past few decades, race
is still the paramount factor in the personal and social identity
of blacks.
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