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Review

This book raises uncomfortable questions about race, opportunity, and responsibility as it examines why the sons and daughters of wealthy black professionals aren't keeping pace academically with the children of wealthy white professionals in Shaker Heights, Ohio...Ogbu doesn't let schools entirely off the hook. But he's not letting anyone else off, either.
—American School Board Journal

Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb presents an interesting departure from traditional studies of the Black and White achievement gap....this book is an important contribution to the literature on the Black-White achievement gap.
—Journal of College Student Development

In my view, what this book adds to the field is an extension of the debate on the age-old issue of culture, race, and school achievement, in part by making the point that race (and not economics) is the key issue. It also offers evidence of the detrimental beliefs some black students hold about the effort and intelligence of themselves and their peers.
—Human Development

Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb is a provocative look at minority educational achievement. The concepts of voluntary and involuntary minorities remain intriguing. And the emphasis on the interplay between the microlevel and the macrolevel sensitizes one to approach these issues of academic performance in a new light.
—Contemporary Sociology

[This book] should be required reading for those who are serious about wanting to improve the education of American children in general and minority children in particular.

Product Description
Focuses on the role of community forces in academic disengagement among Black American Students at every social class level; the study extends Ogbu's ongoing research on minority education.