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more, the very presence of such teachers in the schools promotes the children’s
pride in their own group and is helpful in providing high-status models with whom
they can identify. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that the minority-group
person who has managed to educate himself and achieve a good standard of living
will reject his own origins and be very intolerant of the children’s dialects, manners,
and life styles.” (p. 118)
This book accomplishes a good deal i
