What happens when students are in the minority: experiences that impact human performance

Preface

Part I. Introduction to the Minority Effect

The "Minority Effect" as a Human Phenomenon and Its Educational Implications / Charles B. Hutchison

Part II. The Minority Experience from the Perspective of Racial Minorities

1. My Dark Curly Thick Hair Was a Nemesis as All I Wanted Was the Blond Straight Hair Parted Down the Middle, and Romeo: A Misunderstood Student / Anita McGee

2. Black and Female in an All-White and Male Math Class, and Mercy's Dilemma / Ora Uhuru

3. Is There a Minority in the House? Why I Dropped Out of College the First Time Around, and Victimized Jones / Maria C. Abelquist

4. Seeing My Student at an All-White Church Saved My Day, and the Double Lives and Social Consciousness of My White Students / Kalilah Kirkpatrick

5. Experiencing the White Church, A Cross-Cultural Wedding Experience, and A New Angela: A Bicultural Personality / Aja' Pharr

6. A Black Female in a Predominantly White Male Class, and Reversing Roles: A White Student Acting the Minority in Class / Lisa McCrimmon

7. Self-Conscious at Pleasant Green, and Minding Mandy, the White Minority in Class / Carletta Bradley

8. I Felt Like Everybody Else in the Church and It Only Took One Person to Help Me, and Biracial and Double Minority / Arron Deckard

Part III. The Minority Experience from the Perspective of the Racial Majority

9. Comparing Experiencing the Minority Exercise to a War Zone Experience: A Soldier's Reflection, and Breaking Out in Cold Sweat in All-Women's Company / Daniel Blankton

10. I Already Felt Unwelcome, and...This Feeling Was Completely Inside My Head, and Stuttering at a Staff Meeting / Ryan Delehant

11. Getting a "Good Seat" at Granite, and A Different Worldview, a Different Life / Stephanie Johnston

12. Experiencing the Minority at a Hip-Hop Dance Class, and A Good-Kid-Turned-Bad: Surviving Black History Month / Karlie Kissman

13. A German's Visit to a Latino Church, and German Sensibilities at a Super Bowl Party / Angela Jakeway

14. Understanding My Students at Church, and Finding My Feet a at My In-Laws' / Jim Cross

15. Experiencing the Minority as the Only White in Church, the Only Woman in Corporate Meetings, and as a Denominational Minority / Betty Danzi

16. Experiencing the Minority at a Black Church, Fitting in as a Reverse Minority in School, and Thinking Religion "Outside the Box" / Brian Bongiovanni

17. Surviving in Church, and Understanding the Minority through Interracial Marriage / Crystal Sisk

18. Differences on a Common Ground, and the Only Guy at an All-Girls Party / David W. Cornett

19. A White Female in the Class on the African Experience, North-South Linguistic Dichotomy, and Thinking about Marcus / Winfree Brisley

Part IV. Short Narratives of Diverse Minority Experiences

20. It's Eleven Thirty at Night, and Da Club Is Jumpin' / Matthew Reid

21. I Fit in Perfectly with the Corporate Environment...Except for My Accent / Joseph Edmonds

22. The Few White Girls in the Dance Hall / Tiffany Adams

23. A Lone White Female in an All-Black Course / Lauren Emerson

24. A White Guy at a Black Student Union Party / Jeremy Laliberte

25. Slowly Embracing a Different Taste / Melissa Loftis

26. Surviving in a New School through the School Band, but No Drums, Please! / Loretta Sullivan

Part V. Concluding Narratives and Analyses

27. Lessons Learned from My Minority Experience / Ann Wright

28. Experiencing the Minority at the Local Restaurant / Tracie S. Clark

29. The Minority Experience from the Perspective of Students of African Origin / Clifford Afam

30. Experiencing the Minority: Overcoming Double Consciousness in the Classroom / LaTasha Jones

31. Comparative Reflections: Lessons Learned about the Minority Experience / Charles Hutchison

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