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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not a racial issue, it is a SES issue. Perhaps due to poverty and [b]not having an engaged or even present father,[/b] black male students are at higher risk for having the type of problems that lead to suspension. If they broke the data down by SES and family structure then the racial disparity would disappear . This isn't rocket science.[/quote]

Thought this would be a good time to pop in and share some recent study data that shows that black fathers are more involved with their kids than white or Latino fathers in almost every category. It's called the Myth of the Absent Black Father.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/16/3175831/myth-absent-black-father/[/quote]

Ok, WHEN there is a father in the picture. In my experience working in MCPS and now DCPS, when an AA dad is there, he is really there and that of course makes an extraordinary difference in his child's life. Unfortunately, more often, it's a single mom, no dad in sight. [/quote]

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