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[quote=Anonymous]"And as a group they are high achieving since they are the children of Ivy educated parents with all the advantages."
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That's my point.  A high achieving student (regardless of color) with Ivy-league educated parents SHOULD be a high academic achiever.  Generally, a student with this background has received every conceivable academic benefit to ensure his/her success.  This young man is receiving media coverage because he comes from a low-SES, single parent home.  He is graduating from a school that's 61% FARMs (Banneker)!  His road to Ivy-league admissions has been much longer, and no doubt harder than many of his future classmates.  Off the top of my head, I can name 5 black kids who were accepted to multiple Ivies last year (they're all currently freshman at either Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Penn).  All of them come from high-SES two-parent homes.  They also attended Holton, St. Albans, Maret and Sidwell.  As far as I know, not one of these kids received any media coverage...because their success is expected (and in some respects, unexceptional).  This young man's success should be celebrated and applauded.  If you have anything to say about his achievement, besides "congratulations," you should be ashamed![/quote]

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