Jamel is an African American adolescent who has experienced discrimination at his high school. He is in the minority at school and feels that teachers are unfair in helping White kids more than Black kids. White kids make derogatory comments about his ancestry. His mom and his brother didn't do well in school, and they don't expect him to excel either. Jamel decided as a young adolescent that he
didn't even want to try at school; he doesn't want to be like those White kids. Jamel's attitude is an example of:
a. psychosocial adjustment
b. social deflection
c. oppositional identity
d. assimilation
C
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