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>In article <1993Jan4.081435.2354@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> turnerbl@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
>
># A perception is going around that poor balck students can't learn
># because of the schools that they are in.  This has been disproved
># again and again by the waves of immigrant asian students from poor
># schools who still score in the top of their schools as well as top
># in the SAT/ACT tests.  Students, not schools, make these choices.
># It always comes back to the kid.

This comparison is altogether too simplistic.  The differences between
Asians and African-Americans are a large as the differences between any
other two groups on Earth.  This is like saying that any two
disadvantaged groups are fundamentally the same, subsuming all of their
rich cultural histories and vibrant differences by just lumping them
together under the rubric "Not White."  No, I'm not saying that AfAm
students and Asian students are not both at a disadvantage, but I'm also
not saying that the problems they face are the same.  AfAm students do
not face a language barrier, whiile Asians were not brought to this
country in chains.

Would you say that because Asian students do well in graduate physics
that women should also?  Not all disadvantaged groups are the same.  We
are as diverse as any peoples on this planet.   

Regards,
Janis C.