Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race Review

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Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race ReviewLeave the dichotomies behind! Too many people think that there are only two college types: small liberal arts colleges and huge state universities. The author emphasizes that Black students can feel very comfortable at mid-sized schools. She hypothesizes that Black Northwestern alums would feel like she did about her tiny alma mater. That was not the case. Schools where Blacks make up a "critical mass," as she says, are comfortable environments even if Blacks don't make up a large percentage of the student body. I was soooooo feeling that! My parents almost refused to allow me to go to a prestigious mid-sized school because my oldest sister had a bad time at a tiny school. For all Black teens whose parents assume they can only thrive at huge state schools, please hand this book to your parents and memorized those terms: "mid-sized" and "critical mass"!
This book's title may also be deceptive. Among educators, "acting black" is a term to describe African-American students' actions which have an oppositional stance toward schools. Whether at Northwestern or Howard, none of the alums said they refused to study or skipped classes in order to prove they were Black.
This book really compares what Howard and Northwestern Black alums say about racial matters as they intersected with their college choices, college experiences, and life after graduation. Now I'm thinking of the Black female character on "Daria" who wanted to attend a Black college though her parents, Black college alums, wanted the opposite. I imagine that many talented students, especially in the Chicagoland area, face the tough choice between Howard or Northwestern. This book may be informative for many in that situation.
After the chapter "The Ebony Tower," this book got dull to me. At that point, the author was just trying to prove to her peers that she was knowledgeable about trendy scholars and concepts in sociology.
This book may be a bit dated too. The author stops interviewing alums after those who finished in the late 1980s. In this book, Northwestern Blacks say they just hung with each other. However, I knew someone in the 1990s who enjoyed Black and white scenes at that school. As large states chip away at affirmative action, more students are considering Black colleges who might not have done so in the past.Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race Overview

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