Michael, a high-achieving African American student, is being ostracized by the students from his neighborhood who he used to hang around with. “Whitey with a dark skin,” they periodically taunt as they see him in the hallway at school. Michael is experiencing the effects of which of the following?
a. Stereotype threat
b. An ethnic mismatch
c. A resistance culture
d. Cultural pride
Ans: c. A resistance culture
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