SEWELL

• studied black boys response strategies to cope with racism

  • found 4 categories
  • rebels- small but influential group openly hated school- often excluded
  • not in lessons so they dont learn so education decreases.
• • conformists- Largest group trying to fit in and avoid being stereotyped
  • Retreatists- smallest group isolated from school and subcultures
  • despised by rebels
  • Innovators- second largest group (like fullers girls) are anti school and pro education
  • Links to Merton- strain theory (crime and deviance)