For some Black students, discrimination outweighed integration's benefits

(Duke University) Integrating the American classroom has long been a goal of many who seek to eradicate racial discrimination. But a new paper from four economists, including Duke University's William A. " Sandy " Darity Jr., suggests that Black students do not always benefit from attending racially balanced schools. Instead, Black adults who attended racially balanced high schools in mid-20th century completed significantly less schooling than those who attended either predominantly black or predominantly white schools, the authors found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news