David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

middle of the class. I found that in
most cases like this, the Fordham
student had the edge in the job
market.
This should not be surprising. Why
should black students behave any
differently from anyone else who is
forced to learn from the least
advantageous position in the classroom?
Sander’s arguments are controversial.
Some of his findings have been disputed
by other social scientists who interpret
the data differently. On a general level,
though, what he says about the perils of
the Big Pond is something that many
psychologists, going back as far as
Stouffer’s work in the Second World
War, would consider to be common