Hopeful Girls, Troubled Boys: Race and Gender Disparity in Urban Education

by Lopez, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780415930758
• ISBN10: 0415930758
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By 2007, it is estimated that 9.2 million girls of color will be enrolled in college compared to 6.9 million boys of color. Why the discrepancy? Lopez takes us to the schools, homes, and workplaces of Caribbean youth to point out the different expectations that guide behavior. Now the largest immigrant group in New York City, Lopez focuses in particular on these Caribbean teens to explain how and why our schools and cities are failing boys of color. This is a fascinating ethnographic study on a topic of increasing interest to people in the field of education and anyone concerned about the future of young people.

Author Biography

Nancy Lopez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Unequal Schooling: Race and Gender Disparity in Urban Education	1	(14)
From ``Mamasita'' to ``Hoodlum'': Stigma as Lived Experience	15	(24)
``Urban High Schools'': The Reality of Unequal Schooling	39	(28)
``Problem'' Boys	67	(22)
Rewarding Femininity	89	(24)
Homegrown: How the Family Does Gender	113	(28)
After Graduation: Race and Gender in the Workplace	141	(22)
Education as a Way Out: The Future of Latino and Black Education	163	(12)
Appendix A Description of Second-Generation Caribbean Women Interviewed, Ages 18--30	175	(4)
Appendix B Description of Second--Generation Caribbean Men Interviewed, Ages 18--30	179	(4)
Appendix C Summary of Focus Group Participants	183	(2)
Notes	185	(14)
Bibliography	199	(16)
Index	215