SECOND THOUGHTS ON SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION SCHOOL RESEGREGATION IN SOUTHERN STATES

In: American politics quarterly, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 171-192

Abstract

THIS STUDY ANALYZES PATTERNS OF RESEGREGATION IN 345 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN FIVE SOUTHERN STATES. THE AUTHORS FIND THAT THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION" IS MORE COMPLEX AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL THAN HAS BEEN ASSUMED. THEY CONCLUDE THAT WHILE RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST IN MANY ASPECTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH, GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE RESEGREGATIVE IMPACT OF SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION ARE EXAGGERATED.