Sewell - Boys' Responses

Sewell examines the _____________ black pupils adopt to cope with racism

Responses and strategies

In his study of a boys' secondary school, he found that many teachers had a stereotype of ‘____________’ which sees all black boys as ________________

Black machismo

Rebellious, anti-authority, and anti-school

There are four responses:

Rebels: often excluded, reject __________ of school and expressed this through ____________ (an alternative way to gain status which is __________)

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Rules and goals

Peer group membership

Symbolic capital

Rebels conform to the stereotype of ‘___________’. Disliked ___________ boys and _________ black boys

Black macho lad

Effeminate white

Conformist

Conformists: largest group,…

Keen to succeed with accepted school goals

Retreatists: tiny minority of isolated individuals, disconnected from…

Both school and black subcultures and are despised by rebels

_________: second largest group, __________ but anti-school. Valued success but did not __________ of the teachers. Distanced themselves from _________ which allowed then to maintain credibility with the rebels

Innovators

Peo-education

Seek approval

Conformists

Sewell shows only ___________ fit the stereotype of the ‘____________’

A small minority

Black macho lad

Nevertheless teachers tend to see all black boys in this was and this contributes to the…

Underachievement of many boys, whatever their attitude to school

However, Sewell argued that factors _______ to the school, such as the role of peer groups, _________ and lack of nurturing father, are more important in ______________

External

Street culture

Producing underachievement