The purpose of this study was to discover, to understand and to describe what it is like to grow up and attend school as a Black minority in a White dominated society. The study was descriptive and an in-depth interview approach was utilized. Three Black male and two Black female students from a rural county in south western Nova Scotia were interviewed. These students, called informants in the study, came from four different schools. The data were recorded and presented in the form of personal accounts, and these accounts are a central part of the thesis. The accounts were analyzed under several topic headings. The topic headings were: the informants' relationship with teachers; school curriculum; racial slurs; relations with peers; loneliness; motivation; social life; future plans and self-concept. Excerpts from their accounts have been used where appropriate. The personal accounts indicated that the informants felt both alienated and labelled. The thesis concludes with suggestions for future research and the researcher's own account of the process.
Maphoka C Liphapang (Fri,) studied this question.