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This is not true.  In DC "white" is a clean proxy for being the beneficiary of systematic racism.  There are so many studies that say that AA kids from highly educated, affluent homes where parents own books, and read to them, and value their education, are not protected from racism.  They are subjected to disproportionate discipline, and low expectations, which leads to achievement gaps that continue to exist even when income, parental education, time spent reading, and other factors are taken into account.

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Whether or not a group has benefited from systemic racism (knowingly or unknowingly), [b]IN DC [/b] "white" is a proxy for high-income.  You'd have to look high and low to find a significant number of poor white families in this city in 2015.  The DC suburbs, Baltimore or any other city would be a different story.[/quote]

I'm not arguing that white people in DC aren't, by and large, high income.  I totally agree that they are.  I'm arguing that you can't look at the numbers that represent the experience of high-income white kids in DC, and assume that experience of high-income kids of color, and particularly high-income AA kids, will be the same.

There is a lot of research comparing test scores and outcome for AA kids with white kids that show a substantial gap, even when income, household education, and other factors are controlled.[/quote]

I'll bet IQ isn't one if the factors controlled for.[/quote]

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