Answer to Question #219196 in Sociology for Zoe

Question

Discuss theoretical perspectives on gender, race and class in classroom content. 

Answer 1

Ethnic academic achievement gap is a well-documented social inequality. White students score higher on average than all other racial/ethnic groups, particularly when compared to Black and Hispanic students. Explanations for these gaps tend to focus on the influence of socioeconomic resources, neighborhood and school characteristics, and family composition in patterning socioeconomic inequalities, and on the racialized nature of socioeconomic inequalities as key drivers of racial academic achievement gaps. Within classes of disadvantage, racial and gender inequalities are predominantly found in the most advantaged class, where Black boys and girls, underperform White boys in academic assessments, but not in socioemotional outcomes. The contrasting outcomes between racial and gender minorities in classroom outcomes, highlight the detrimental effect that intersecting racial and gender discrimination have in patterning academic outcomes that predict success in adult life.