'Routes to achievement' : the intersections of race, class, gender and colour and the underachievement of Afro-Trinidadian boys

In Trinidad, a pigrnentocratically structured postcolonial society, public discourse on race and education often simplistically labels Afro-Trinidadian boys as the lowest academic achievers. Stereotypical views, reminiscent of deficit thinking models, situates blame in deficient cultural values and...

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Main Author: Rampersad, Ravi
Published: University College London (University of London) 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525515