newsobserver.com | Education: "Fear of 'acting white' is 'not the issue'
By PATRICK WINN, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL -- Fears of being mocked for 'acting white' don't cause many black students to avoid good grades or advanced classes, according to a new study.
But too often, the study says, educators use the 'acting white' excuse as a cop out, an explanation for why black students don't score as well on average as whites.
Straight-A students of all races are equally susceptible to the 'geek' or 'stuck-up' label, according to the report, published in August in the American Sociological Review."
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