Richard Thompson Ford and Alfred Lubrano struggle to understand the reason behind social issues, such as the phenomenon known as “acting white” and how college corrupts. Thompson Ford regards the environment and acquaintances as insignificant to the concept of “acting white”. Alfred Lubrano’s article believes that setting and peers are contributing factors to desegregation. In the article “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts” Alfred Lubrano demonstrates how college students change as a result of their environment and peer influences. Thompson Ford uses concepts of desegregation to explain the idea of “acting white”. Through reading Lubrano’s article, Thompson Ford may develop a new new concept and or debate in regards to “acting white”
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In “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts”, Lubrano demonstrates the division between parents and college students. Boundaries manifest to maintain comfort within the family, as Lubrano writes “Me mimicking my professors’ thoughts on race, on people’s struggle for equality, or on politics didn’t add to the conviviality of the one nice hour in our day. So I learned to shut up”. The reader is able to determine the different mentalities between individuals that have experienced a new college environment as opposed to those who have not. A new environment effects an individual’s previous thoughts, as the person learns to adapt to the new setting. The adaptation that results causes an individual to become detached from those that have not experienced similar effects,thus are unable to relate. Experiencing a change in atmosphere from people who desire no change to people who wish to prosper, altered Lubrano’s perspective to another that is not understood by his parents, as seen in the quote. Lebrun learns to keep the thoughts, that may make him different concealed as not to disturb a pleasant afternoon with loved ones. A new perspective caused Lubrano to become detached from both parents and former friends, as “acting white” becomes necessary. Thompson Ford, merely describes such actions through “super …show more content…
Social order had to be kept or a sense of segregation would accompany people who went against the social influences. Lubrano, explains that the working-class often found themselves hiding from others, when he states “So when Rita took sojourns into Greenwich valley by herself on Saturday mornings as a teenager, she made sure not to tell any of her friends. It was too oddball to have to explain”. The reader can interpret a sense of guilt at the want to obtain knowledge. Rita does not want to appear different from her peers, as wanting to obtain additional knowledge, was not seen as normal to working-class people. Feeling that education would eventually lead a gap between Rita and her friends, causes the reader to become aware of the effect peers have, on a student like Rita. Rita’s mindset, in regards to keeping secrets from friends, demonstrates the effects peers may have on a student, in addition to “acting white” to maintain her ambitions. Thus, a separation can be seen, such as with Rita and her friends. Desegregation had caused students in public school systems to feel more segregated than in the past. The unsolved problem of “acting white remains, as Thompson Ford explains, “American public schools are more segregated than they were in 1988, and they are becoming more segregated with each passing year”.
In “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts”, Lubrano demonstrates the division between parents and college students. Boundaries manifest to maintain comfort within the family, as Lubrano writes “Me mimicking my professors’ thoughts on race, on people’s struggle for equality, or on politics didn’t add to the conviviality of the one nice hour in our day. So I learned to shut up”. The reader is able to determine the different mentalities between individuals that have experienced a new college environment as opposed to those who have not. A new environment effects an individual’s previous thoughts, as the person learns to adapt to the new setting. The adaptation that results causes an individual to become detached from those that have not experienced similar effects,thus are unable to relate. Experiencing a change in atmosphere from people who desire no change to people who wish to prosper, altered Lubrano’s perspective to another that is not understood by his parents, as seen in the quote. Lebrun learns to keep the thoughts, that may make him different concealed as not to disturb a pleasant afternoon with loved ones. A new perspective caused Lubrano to become detached from both parents and former friends, as “acting white” becomes necessary. Thompson Ford, merely describes such actions through “super …show more content…
Social order had to be kept or a sense of segregation would accompany people who went against the social influences. Lubrano, explains that the working-class often found themselves hiding from others, when he states “So when Rita took sojourns into Greenwich valley by herself on Saturday mornings as a teenager, she made sure not to tell any of her friends. It was too oddball to have to explain”. The reader can interpret a sense of guilt at the want to obtain knowledge. Rita does not want to appear different from her peers, as wanting to obtain additional knowledge, was not seen as normal to working-class people. Feeling that education would eventually lead a gap between Rita and her friends, causes the reader to become aware of the effect peers have, on a student like Rita. Rita’s mindset, in regards to keeping secrets from friends, demonstrates the effects peers may have on a student, in addition to “acting white” to maintain her ambitions. Thus, a separation can be seen, such as with Rita and her friends. Desegregation had caused students in public school systems to feel more segregated than in the past. The unsolved problem of “acting white remains, as Thompson Ford explains, “American public schools are more segregated than they were in 1988, and they are becoming more segregated with each passing year”.