STUDENT RACIAL INTERACTIONS IN AN URBAN NEIGHBOUR-HOOD SCHOOL: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT.

This paper presents data collected and analyzed as part of a graduate-level action research project. First, preferred disassociation (gleaned via observational methodology) between Latino and African American racial students within an urban neighbourhood school located within a large Midwestern city in the United States is discussed. Second, additional data highlighted not only apparent disassociation in the classroom, but also in various other typical locations within the school, as well as commuting to/from school. Finally, interviews and subsequent surveys were conducted to gauge student perceptions of their own personal safety at different locations during a normal school day [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]