Whiteness, citizenship of class and educational privilege of Eastern European pupils in British schools. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hayes, Aneta; Shain, Farzana
• Is Part Of: Whiteness and education. Volume 8:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 100
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Racialisation -- Eastern Europeans -- education -- white middle class privilege -- migration; Racism in education -- Periodicals; White people -- Education -- Periodicals; White people -- Race identity -- Periodicals; Multicultural education -- Periodicals; 371.829
• DOI: 10.1080/23793406.2021.2013130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-3406

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper deconstructs ways in which the white 'race' of Eastern European pupils and the class determination of their parents in the country of arrival combine to either afford or deny them racialised privileges in British education. Critically reviewing published research on Eastern European pupils in British schools, this article concludes that past understandings of 'white middle-class privilege', developed mostly in research about white middle-class nationals, cannot be applied in the same way to white-middle class migrants. This paper shows that the class and race of white middle-class migrants become re-articulated in school contexts in ways that suggest that, despite being white and middle-class in their home countries, Eastern Europeans cannot be fully white and middle class in the migration setting. Based on these insights, we offer an analytical frame for theorising this observed conundrum, making a contribution to sociology of education, race and migration.