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Signithia Fordham

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United States

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Signithia Fordham is a prominent anthropologist who studies the influences of race on Black students in the classroom. She began her career working with John Ogbu on her research "Acting White" and has done similar research since. Most of her research is done in the DC area, which she gives the pseudonym Capital High.

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