evaluation

• model minorities : Chinese & Indian achievement


  -education not institutionally racist if they overachieve?

  -Gillborn says no (counter argument)
• Gillborn's counter argument to institutional racism 'not existing'


  -image of Indian & Chinese pupils as 'model minorities' performs an ideological function

  -conceals fact that education system is institutionally racist by:

  > making system appear fair & meritocratic

  > justifying failure of other minority ethnic groups

  > ignoring that even 'model minorities' still suffer racism in schools
• ethnicity, class & gender - people

  -Evans

  -Connelly
• Evans - ethnicity, class & gender


  -argues we need to understand how ethnicity interacts with gender & class
• Connelly - ethnicity, class & gender

  -found masculinity perceived by teachers & pupils differently depending on ethnicity

  -black boys 'masculine' : 'boyish' activities & punishment

  -Asian boys 'feminise' : protected from bullies & excluded from masculine activities by other boys