The notion of a conspiracy creating and maintaining the educational performance gap between Black and White students may seem to most to be farâfetched. However, experience of schools and of the workings of local education authorities points to a continuation if not a deepening of educational inequalities. How can this be understood? Gillborn believes that this situation is no less than the outcome of a conspiracy of âwhitenessâ. This paper endorses this view, arguing that the normality of âwhitenessâ creates a culture of colour blindness which undermines attempts to recognize the different educational experiences of minoritized groups thereby reâenforcing existing inequalities.View full textDownload full textKeywordseducational performance gap, inequalities, âwhitenessâRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131910802195828
展开▼