[TexasCajun]

The money quote: ...any one of use could have saved the skewl distict a lot of money for this study.

Ogbu concluded that the average black student in Shaker Heights put little effort into schoolwork and was part of a peer culture that looked down on academic success as "acting white."

[denfurb]

The money quote: ...any one of use could have saved the skewl distict a lot of money for this study. Ogbu concluded that the average black student in Shaker Heights put little effort into schoolwork and was part of a peer culture that looked down on academic success as "acting white."

This was true in 1980's era, suburban St Louis where I grew up. But it seems that kind of thinking was mostly among the boys. It was OK to be a smart black girl. Boys were expected to be athletic.