5.  Summarize and assess MacLeod's explanation of why the HH reject the achievement ideology while the Brothers accept it.  Be sure to explain the role of the recent history of race relations and racism in his analysis. 


HH reject the achievement ideology because they see the inequality of it all. Their insight is not so deep that they see the power of our capitalist society, or the structure that keeps most of us on the appropriate track (starting in schools), but they do not buy into the notion that everyone has an equal chance, either. They see the unfairness of their situations. They view themselves as having "the short end of the stick" and as a consequence the Brothers and the upper class kids have the long end of the stick. MacLeod pointed out their views on this in chapter 6, I believe, when one of the HH used the notion that blacks were getting preferential treatment in school and he couldn't take it anymore, so he dropped out of school.


Pamela