Segregation Returns to US Schools

[Montmorency]

It's difficult to admit black culture as the only determinant in lower educational quality and attainment when black students are routinely disregarded, under-supported, and singled out for disproportional disciplinary measures, not to mention the overall lower quality of the schools they attend. Such factors must be given a large role in explaining why economic status does not fully account for inadequate performance. In short, both black parenting and white mistreatment and misallocation must be taken into account when assessing the forces behind black demoralization and under-representation in education.

Substituting one monocausal account for another should always be taken with suspicion, especially when burdens are shifted wholesale onto underprivileged groups. I'm all for admitting complexity into evaluation of political and social "victims", but I know when I smell a rat.