John Ogbu, PHD, UC Berkeley
Affiliations: | Anthropology | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States |
Area:
Race, Ethnicity, Anthropology, MinoritiesGoogle:
"John Ogbu"Bio:
John Uzo Ogbu (May 9, 1939 – 20 August 2003) was a Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor known for his theories on observed phenomena involving race and intelligence, especially how race and ethnic differences played out in educational and economic achievement. He suggested that being a "caste-like minority" affects motivation and achievement, depressing IQ scores. He also concluded that some students did poorly because high achievement was considered "acting white" among their peers. Ogbu was also involved in the 1996 controversy surrounding the use of African American Vernacular English in public schools in Oakland, California. The 2000 book Eminent Educators: Studies in Intellectual Influence focused on him as one of "four intellectual giants of the 20th century."
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Publications
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Ogbu JU. (2004) Collective identity and the burden of "acting White" in black history, community, and education Urban Review. 36: 1-35 |
Ogbu JU, Simons HD. (1998) Voluntary and involuntary minorities: A cultural-ecological theory of school performance with some implications for education Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 29: 155-188 |
Ogbu JU. (1995) Cultural problems in minority education: Their interpretations and consequences-Part two: Case studies The Urban Review. 27: 271-297 |
Ogbu JU. (1995) Cultural problems in minority education: Their interpretations and consequences-Part one: Theoretical background The Urban Review. 27: 189-205 |
Rist RC, Ogbu J. (1979) Minority Education and Caste: The American System in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Social Forces. 57: 989 |
Labelle TJ, Ogbu J. (1978) Minority Education and Caste: The American System in Cross-Cultural Perspective American Educational Research Journal. 15: 570 |