What Explains the Achievement Gap?

[William Joyce]

One school board member has the right idea, and minorities lose their shit.

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[Oddball]

Old news.

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I suppose it's not racist, though, to notice that the NBA has in excess of 85% of its players who are black, or that baseball has a much higher cross section of Hispanics as players than are in the society in general.

 

[JBeukema]

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[JBeukema]

I suppose it's not racist, though, to notice that the NBA has in excess of 85% of its players who are black, or that baseball has a much higher cross section of Hispanics as players than are in the society in general.

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