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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Institutional racism is a large part of the problem, but it’s not 100% of the issue.

There’s something with the culture as well. When African American students care about school they can get accused of “acting white.” They essentially get peer pressured to not try as hard.
 
[b]Why does that happen?[/b] There needs to be more discussion on what causes this reaction.[/quote]

The legacy of institutional racism might have something to do with it.[/quote]
Please tell, what does the legacy of institutional racism have to do with it? I think we all agree that institutional racism plays a part but there is something with the culture/home life as well. How can you deny that? Look at the numbers for Clarksburg that were posted on another page. I even checked the numbers for my school - a very diverse high school - and the whites and asians always have higher percentages than the blacks and latinos. Same school, same education, same teachers, different home environments.

This problem won't be able to be solved until we take hard looks at home environments. We can integrate schools under there is all races are evenly mixed but until everyone has the same home environment, the blacks and latinos will lag behind.[/quote]

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