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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]agree. parenting is the biggest contributor to the achievement gap. Poor-parenting= poor educational outcomes.[/quote]

Nope - this still doesn't explain the gap.  It exists with higher SES black and white too.[/quote]

NP--There have been several studies on this and most find that the difference is cultural.  Educational achievement is linked to middle-class culture (not by income, but by value system).  This is also linked to parenting styles.  This happens through a process of middle-class acculturation.  The achievement gap is not found in AA families that have been middle/upper-class across multiple generations compared to similar white families.  However, many middle-class AA families do not fit that definition, ie the families are recently middle-class compared to the previous generation that was working-class or lower middle-class.  These families have not learned and/or have sufficient cultural capital to participate in middle-class childrearing styles, sometimes referred to as concerted cultivation.  In other words, just because your income is middle-class doesn't mean you act middle-class (which in the US is white culture).  This idea is most noticeable in the upper-class in terms of acceptable behavior, e.g nouveau riche vs. old money.  The nouveau riche are acculturated into wealthy culture through time and practice.  [/quote]

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