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Segregation and the Underrepresentation of Blacks and Hispanics in Gifted Education: Social Inequality and Deficit Paradigms
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This article examines the underrepresentation of African American and Hispanic students in gifted education, proposing that social inequality, deficit thinking, and microaggressions contribute to the inequitable segregated programs. Underrepresentation trends are presented, along with methods for calculating underrepresentation and inequity. Underrepresentation is placed under the larger umbrella of achievement gaps and inequities in school settings with attention to de jure segregation. I argue that underrepresentation is beyond statistical chance and is a function of attitudes and beliefs grounded in deficit paradigms among those with power or social capital. Denying access to gifted education based on race is counterproductive and illegal and is discussed with Brown v. Board of Education as the legal background and a recent court case in gifted education (McFadden v. Board of Education for Illinois School District U-46). Recommendations for desegregating gifted education are provided.
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“Scholars consistently agree that deficit thinking perpetuates a blame the victim orientation toward communities that face inequalities in society”
From What Is Deficit Thinking? An Analysis of Conceptualizations of Deficit Thinking and Implications for Scholarly Research (2019) · cites this paper as Ford, 2014
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“Deficit thinking ignores systemic influences that shape disparities in social and educational outcomes”
From What Is Deficit Thinking? An Analysis of Conceptualizations of Deficit Thinking and Implications for Scholarly Research (2019) · cites this paper as Ford, 2014
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“However, deficit thinking can manifest in either or both of these assumptions”
From What Is Deficit Thinking? An Analysis of Conceptualizations of Deficit Thinking and Implications for Scholarly Research (2019) · cites this paper as Ford, 2014
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- Authors
- Ford, D. Y.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ford, Donna Y.
- ORCID
- Ford, Donna Y.
- Venue
- Roeper Review
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-06-24
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 143-154
- ISSN
- 0278-3193 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-865X
- OpenAlex
- W2128170899
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 18.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Roeper Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Keywords
- gifted education, underrepresentation, African American students, Hispanic students, racial segregation, de jure segregation, deficit thinking, microaggressions, social inequality, achievement gap, Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation, educational equity
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