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      • poor housing has direct and indirect effects 
      • overcrowding: hard to study, nowhere to do homework and disturbed sleep
      • lack of space to play and explore 
      • families in temporary accommodation may change schools often
      • health and welfare: greater risk of accidents, poor health from cold and damp
      housing is material deprivation
    • criticism of cultural deprivation -keddie
      • claims we are blaming the victims
      • the child's language is not the problem it is teachers attitude towards it
      • compensatory education
    • sugarman view on wc culture
      • Fatalism: belief in fate
      • Collectivism: value being part of a group
      • Immediate gratification: seek pleasure no not later
      • present-time orientation: not having long term goals
    • Feinstein view on parents education
      • MC parents encourage active learning and exploration 
      • WC parenting style is more disciplinarian and focused on 'doing as your told' which limits self-control and independence
      • MC parents read to their children and take them on educational visits
      • MC parents buy educational toys, books and activities
    • douglas says (parent involvement)
      • WC parents place less value on education
      • they have less ambition, encouragement and take less interest in education
    • ethnic differences-racism
      • Rex(1986) racial discrimination leads to social exclusion
      • ethnic minorities tend to be given substandard accommodation
      • wood(2010) evidence of direct discrimination when applying for jobs -> CVS -> 1 in 9 white -> 1 in 16 for ethnic minorities
    • reasons for ethnic differences-external
      • live in economically depressed areas with high unemployment and low wages
      • cultural factors prevent women working
      • lack of language skills and foreign qualifications
      • asylum seekers not allowed to work
      • almost  half of all ethnic minority children live in low-income households
      • EM twice as likely to be unemployed compared to whites
      • EM 3 times more likely to be homeless
    • criticicism of cultural deprivation
      • black family structure encourages black girls to be strong and independent (driver)
      • schools are ethnocentric
    • white achievement
      • ethnic minority pupils are more likely to aspire to go to university than white WC 
      • white WC parents do not value education -> ethnic minorities view it as a 'way up in society'
      • white WC street culture is brutal -> intimidation
    • why do certain asians do well
      • Asian families place high value and emphasis on educational success
      • adult authority in Asian families is similar to the education system
    • sewell-fathers,gangs and culture/cultural deprivation
      • It is not the absence of fathers it is the lack of nurturing and ‘Tough love’ > firm, fair, respectful and non-abusive 
      • The absence of positive relationships means black boys look for love in street gangs which offer ‘perverse loyalty and love’
      • These boys present media inspired roles of anti-school, black masculinity 
      • If black bots do well at school they are seen as a ‘sell out’
    • family structure and support
      • 50% of black families are lone-parent families 
      • They cannot adequately socialise their children and the lack of male role model turns boys into criminals
      • They become bad parents and it becomes a cycle 
      • Pryce(1979) compares blacks to Asians : Asian culture Is more resistant to racism and gives a greater sense of self worth 
      • Slavery was devastating for black culture > they lost language , religion and family system 
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