A social network analysis of acting white: A case study of Somali immigrant working-class adolescents

Na'im H. MADYUN; Moo Sung LEE; Mustafa JUMALE

A social network analysis of acting white: A case study of Somali immigrant working-class adolescents

Na'im H. MADYUN
, Moo Sung LEE
, Mustafa JUMALE

Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL)

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Abstract

Using social network and interview data, this case study illuminates why acting White is not applied to a predominantly Somali African American school in the U.S. Specifically, this case study shows that high-achieving Somali working-class students were not isolated from their peer networks in their school. Furthermore, this study suggests that Acting White may be not applicable to schools where schools are structurally small-sized, culturally college-bound, and ethnically-homogenous.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	2010 Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association : Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World - Denver, United States Duration: 30 Apr 2010 → 04 May 2010

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Conference	2010 Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association : Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World
Abbreviated title	AERA2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	30/04/10 → 04/05/10

A social network analysis of acting white: A case study of Somali immigrant working-class adolescents. / MADYUN, Na'im H.; LEE, Moo Sung; JUMALE, Mustafa.
2010. Paper presented at 2010 Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association : Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World, Denver, Colorado, United States.

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