Western-educated Southern elites end up belonging to no culture at all

Evidence

However, for an overwhelming majority, these students become stuck in a kind of no-man’s land: They are neither able to “make it” in the competitive world of the global market, nor are they a part of their home culture. Thus, they join the ranks of the world’s “homeless” poor, their fates an international example of the intersecting politics of distribution and recognition (Fraser, 1997). — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1383

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the ch30/ch23 material on assimilated students’ double bind and being ‘stuck’ between cultures. — connects to: Northern-educated Southern leaders internalize the view that their own cultures are inferior — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1380