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oppositional culture theory  

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  • Oppositional culture theory primarily explains the academic underperformance of young African American males. It holds that black youth have constructed an oppositional collective identity in response to a society they perceive as racist and antagonistic to their general well-being. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Oppositional Culture Theory]

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