Matthijs Kalmijn|Gerbert Kraaykamp
Race, Cultural Capital, and Schooling: An Analysis of Trends in the United States
using survey data blacks nonhispanic whites 1982 1985 authors examine link racial inequality schooling differences cultural capitalthe degree parents socialize children highstatus culture findings indicate significant increase parental cultural capital across birth cohorts 1900 1960 increase faster among blacks among whites persists blackwhite differences taken account suggests degree racial integration cultural domain results also show exposure highstatus culture associated higher levels schooling integration blacks highstatus culture contributed blackwhite convergence schooling latter finding illustrates cultural capital may serve route upward mobility less privileged minority groups