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Whiteness, Citizenship of Class and Educational Privilege of Eastern European Pupils in British Schools
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Whiteness and Education . 2023 8(1):82-100. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper deconstructs ways in which the white 'race' of Eastern European pupils and the class determination of their parents in the country of arrival combine to either afford or deny them racialised privileges in British education. Critically reviewing published research on Eastern European pupils in British schools, this article concludes that past understandings of 'white middle-class privilege', developed mostly in research about white middle-class nationals, cannot be applied in the same way to white-middle class migrants. This paper shows that the class and race of white middle-class migrants become re-articulated in school contexts in ways that suggest that, despite being white and middle-class in their home countries, Eastern Europeans cannot be fully white and middle class in the migration setting. Based on these insights, we offer an analytical frame for theorising this observed conundrum, making a contribution to sociology of education, race and migration.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2379-3406 and 2379-3414
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Whiteness and Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1387403
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23793406.2021.2013130