White Prescriptions?: The Dangerous Social Potential for Ritalin and Other Psychotropic Drugs to Harm Black Males

White Prescriptions?: The Dangerous Social Potential for Ritalin and Other Psychotropic Drugs to Harm Black Males
ISBN-10
1594516901
ISBN-13
9781594516900
Category
African American high school students
Language
English
Published
2010-08
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Terence D. Fitzgerald

Description

Reveals how and why black males are disproportionately targeted and controlled by American schools in ways that hamper and endanger their educational success. This book shows how the government, medical practitioners, and the pharmaceuticals industry have facilitated this oppressive trend.

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