The Black Model Minority Student: African Immigrants and the Contradictions of Race in America
The Black Model Minority Student: African Immigrants and the Contradictions of Race in America
by Mercy Agyepong
University of Chicago Press, 2027 Cloth: 978-0-226-85720-6 | Paper: 978-0-226-85722-0 | eISBN: 978-0-226-85721-3 (all) Library of Congress Classification LC2731.A354 2027
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Terms
Introduction: “Not Civilized but Smart? That Doesn’t Make Any Sense”
1. Understanding (Anti)Blackness: From Biological to Cultural Racism
2. Navigating Blackness and Africanness: Race, Identity, and the Politics of Belonging
3. Creating Model Minorities: Using Cultural Narratives to Explain Achievement
4. Through Their Voices: The Realities of African Students’ Academic Experiences
5. Revisiting the Black Model Minorities: Life After High School
Conclusion: Toward a Framework of Intersectional Racialization
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Methodological Note
Appendix B: Details About Schools and Participants
Notes
References
Index