Cultural Schizophrenia: An Examination of Societal Practices and Their Academic Consequences

Authors

Hakim Shahid, Oakland University

Abstract

Socio-economic exclusion, unequal schooling, and social reproduction are code words describing facets of racism that subsist in education. As a doctoral student in higher education, I have come to realize that the astonishing depth of the achievement gap that exists in many schools across this nation may be for reasons other than academic ability. In fact, many ill-conceived ideological practices of dominant society have become manifested in the educational psyche of minority students in America. This paper examines the psychological phenomenon that exists in both dominant mainstream and oppressed minority groups that is the life force for this type of educational racism to exist in the schools of the United States of America and how literacy instruction is impacted by these two mind states.

Recommended Citation

Shahid, Hakim (2005) "Cultural Schizophrenia: An Examination of Societal Practices and Their Academic Consequences," Essays in Education: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 13.
Available at: https://openriver.winona.edu/eie/vol13/iss1/13

Unique Identifier

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