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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are certainly inequities in the quality of education but the racial performance gaps persist even when measuring students in similarly wealthy cohorts. [/quote]
So are you saying blacks in wealthy schools still don't do as well as the whites in their cohort? And are you saying that teacher bias explains it entirely?

Also, are the gaps more pronounced between black males and white males, whereas the gap is less significant between black females and white females? I ask this because in my school, the black boys cared a lot more about sports than the white boys - and they were disproportionately represented on sports teams. That certainly took time away from their studies and divided their focus. My parents, for example, didn't allow my sister or I to be involved in activities unless we maintained all B's, minimum. I once got a C in science, and my dad wouldn't allow me to try out for the school play that semester. Said I needed to put all my energy into getting my science grade up to something acceptable (which he deemed a B). Very strict parents where education was concerned, but then.....we all got into top colleges when the time came. (Oh....and I did get a B in science the following semester!)

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You got into a top college with a B in science? 
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