Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Black Underachievement in the United States and United Kingdom

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  • Author(s): Tomlin, Carol; Wright, Cecile; Mocombe, Paul C.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education. 2013 7(4):214-228.
  • Publication Date:
    2013
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Evaluative
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Subject Terms:
      Achievement Gap; Blacks; Whites; Academic Achievement; Social Systems; Social Structure; Social Class; Language Usage; Education; Mass Media; Ideology; Foreign Countries
    • Subject Terms:
      United Kingdom; United States
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/15595692.2013.827112
    • ISSN:
      1559-5692
    • Abstract:
      This article synthesizes Marxian conceptions of identity construction within capitalist relations of production with the Wittgensteinian notion of "language games" to offer a more appropriate relational framework within which scholars ought to understand the Black-White academic achievement gap in America, the United Kingdom, and globally.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      46
    • Publication Date:
      2014
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1021360