Black student needing some guidance.

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<p>Fifty percent? Holy God. That is incredible.</p>

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<p>More info on high school graduation rates for African American males. Incidentally, many of the black males who are graduating are either bi-racial or are either immigrant African/Caribbean or have parents who are.</p>

<p>"Graduation Rates for African American Boys</p>

<p>Chicago - 39% (Univ. of Chicago Consortium 2/2005)
Indianapolis - 25% (Indianapolis Star 5/2005)
Los Angeles - 45% (R. Smith; American School Board Journal, 9/2005)
Ohio - 39.6% (Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, et. al. (3/2004))
Nevada - 40.5% (Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, et. al. (3/2004))
Florida - 41.0% (Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, et. al. (3/2004)"</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cbmnational.org/news/achievementgap%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cbmnational.org/news/achievementgap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Whites graduate at 78%, not that much higher.</p>