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American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity

Heather Beth Johnson

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Description:In contemporary America, the racial wealth gap is growing, with families transmitting race and class inequalities from generation to generation. Yet Americans continue to hold deep-rooted beliefs in the principles of individualism, equal opportunity, and meritocracy. Education, the Great Equalizer, is supposed to level the playing field, ensuring that every childregardless of family of origingets an equal chance at success. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 200 black and white families, The American Dream and the Power of Wealth starkly reveals the enormous extent to which parents defend their beliefs in the values that lie at the heart of the American Dream. Yet the way wealth is acquired and the way it is used categorically puts children from different families on vastly different educational trajectories, leaving them with uneven sets of opportunities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity. To get started finding American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 246

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1306717779

Description: In contemporary America, the racial wealth gap is growing, with families transmitting race and class inequalities from generation to generation. Yet Americans continue to hold deep-rooted beliefs in the principles of individualism, equal opportunity, and meritocracy. Education, the Great Equalizer, is supposed to level the playing field, ensuring that every childregardless of family of origingets an equal chance at success. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 200 black and white families, The American Dream and the Power of Wealth starkly reveals the enormous extent to which parents defend their beliefs in the values that lie at the heart of the American Dream. Yet the way wealth is acquired and the way it is used categorically puts children from different families on vastly different educational trajectories, leaving them with uneven sets of opportunities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity. To get started finding American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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American Dream & Power Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity

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