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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gonzaga is 78% white and only 12% African American. [/quote]

Not sure what you mean to imply by "only" 12%. That's over 250% greater portion of African Americans than there are African Americans that are Catholic. I wish more were Catholic, but they are not.  And what is meant by "white"? Everybody else?[/quote]

Greatschools website lists Gonzaga as 80% white, 12% African-American, and 6% Latino.  By any measure (i.e., for a Catholic high school, an independent school, a school in DC, or even a suburban school district), that is a pretty awful record on student diversity---and that's not even addressing, of course, that there are zero girl students.

And the problem can't be that most African-Americans (like most whites) are not Catholic.  Other DC Catholic high schools have more diverse student bodies, and Gonzaga admits significant numbers of non-Catholic students.  Why still so white in 2016?[/quote
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How could mirroring the racial proportionality of America not be considered diverse?  Anything else would not be an accurate representation. And it has already been pointed out that if you mirrored the Catholic population, you are schooling 2,5 times more of a minority than is represented in the Catholic faith.  Even if none of the AA are Catholic, the Catholic school is still happy to have them. The mission To do so is there, and it is a great education.  [/quote]

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