Mirza - Failed Strategies for Avoiding Teacher Racism

Mirza (1992) studied ambitious black girls who faced teacher racism. But the girls failed to achieve their ambitions because their coping strategies…

Restricted their opportunities and resulted in their underachievement

She found that racist teachers _____________ from being ambitious through the kind of ______ they gave them about ____________

Discourage black pupils

Advice

Careers and option choices

A large majority of teachers in the study held racist attitudes:

Thr colour blind: teachers who believe ___________, but in practice ________________

All pupils are equal

Allow racism to go unchallenged

The ____________: teachers who believe black pupils are ___________ (low aspirations at home) and who have _____________ of them

Liberal chauvinists

Culturally deprived

Liberal expectations

The overt racists: teachers who believe black people are…

Inferior and actively discriminate against them