Black Resistance in High School

R. Patrick Solomon is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, Canada.

• Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Black Cultural Forms in Schools Black Cultural Forms in SchoolsSchools as Arenas of ConflictTheories of Resistance and Cultural InversionThe Canadian Encounter2. Black Life and Schooling in Canada Black Life Before the West IndiansBlack SchoolingEnter the West IndiansWest Indians in TorontoWest Indian Children in Toronto SchoolsWest Indian Subcultures in Toronto SchoolsThe Community and the SchoolLumberville High: Its Programs and Students3. The Jocks at Lumberville Group Formation and Membership"Language is Unity, Identity, and Power"Dress Style: From "Army Digs" to "Fashion Dreads"Breaking School RulesGym and Playground: The Jocks' DomainCorridor and Hallway BehaviorsWall Dancing: Culture or Subculture?Booze, Herbs, and Soun' SessionsSummary and Conclusion4. Authority, Whites, and Women Authority and PowerBlack, Brown, and WhiteHow Boys Dominate FemalesSummary and Conclusion5. Sport as Work The Sport SubcultureAgents of Sport SocializationWork: Life after SportSummary and Conclusion6. The School: Contribution to Separatism The Sorting MachineTrapped in a "Dummy" School"Escape from Lumberdump"How Staff RuleRewards as ControlSummary and Conclusion7. When Structure and Culture Collide: The Outcome of Schooling The Reproductive Effects of TrackingSchool Hopping and Sports: Liberating or Reproductive?When Structure and Culture CollideRace and Resistance: An Expanded ModelImplications for Blacks in CanadaThe Next Generation of Culture and Struggle8. Strategies for Change Working with Black ResistanceBlack Subculture: From Opposition to ConciliationTracking RevisitedSchool-to-Work TransitionSchool-Community RelationsOut of the Gym and Back to the ClassroomToward a Framework for Race Equity in EducationAppendixes Notes Bibliography Index