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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hilarious that everyone just know white kids attending Duke Ellington,[b] yet it is approx 90% black[/b]. I'm sure it's really stiff competition.  :roll: [/quote]

Only racism can explain that disparity.

DC population is 50% non-black.

Where are the whites, the Hispanics, the Asians, the foreign-born?[/quote]

The Asian, the foreign born? DE is a pre-professional school. I defy you to find many Asian and immigrant families who are OK with their kids pursuing the arts as a profession. Maybe in college when the kid can make his/her own decisions, but just too much parental pressure to be a doctor or scientist for this to happen at the HS level at least for a couple generations. And frankly the same for a bunch of white kids as everybody keeps talking about STEM. Arts is one of those areas where there are considerable role models for young Black kids so vastly more kids will pursue it a high level. Until that dynamic changes, expect Duke to be mostly Black for the next 20 years at the very least.[/quote]

People need to look at the data.

[b]DC's public school population racial and ethnic demographics (charter + DCPS) 2017-18[/b]

Asian 2%
Black/African American 67%
Hispanic/Latino 19%
Two or more races 2%
White 10%

[b]Duke Ellington 2017-18[/b]

Asian 2%
Black/African American 74%
Hispanic/Latino 11%
Two or more races 4%
White 9%
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