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Published on Dec 10, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL:

WHERE EVERYONE IS FAMILY

A SCHOOL OF CULTURE:

CENTERED AROUND AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
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TO BE A.A. MEANS:

BEING A "GANGSTA" AND ON THE STREETS

FOLLOWING A PERSONA

  • Selling drugs
  • Becoming pimps
  • Not graduating
  • Being involved in the streets
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DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO:

TO MAKE MONEY, FIT IN,AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY

BEING STREET SAVY

  • Result of ...
  • Negative school identity
  • Positive Gangsta identity
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TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL CONTEXTS

ENCOURAGE ACADEMICS, NO ACADEMIC ENCOURAGEMENT
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ENCOURAGE

TO STEP OUTSIDE OF STEREOTYPES
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