How to be culture aware without being racist.

·         Not about the behavior of the individual but more about that the behavior means in the cultural context

·         There is no right answer to how to behavior in different situations

·          There are differences between the cultural of the parents of the kids and the parents

·         Culture is pervasive and you should try not to see the world only from your cultural perspective.

Potential reasons for why black students don’t do as well academically

o   Not taught as well

o   There really are not a smart

o   they are not exposed to the same amount of positive things in the home

o   or it could be that they learn differently, but the literature does not support this 

Within variability _____________ between

  AA and white are from distinct and incompatible cultures:

true or false according to Frisby?

o   Principals are racially/culturally diverse

o   Here and now attitude

o   High expectations

o   Dedication to learning, children  and hopeful

o   Students: looked like poor performing schools on demographics

o   Curriculum: was not Afrocentric

Middle class schools what they look like when they are successful

o   More distrusted learning style

o   More long term goal rather than short term

Are IQ scores are just as predictive for AA as it is for whites?