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    Black and Latino students have less access to rigorous academic coursework and are underrepresented at top public high schools. They are less likely to be enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses even when schools offer them. For example, at one school only 8% of Black students and 3% of Latino students took AP courses, compared to 15% of White students. The lack of access to challenging curriculum negatively impacts college admissions. Equitable access to academic preparation, regardless of what high school students attend, is important to ensure civil rights are protected for Black and Latino youth.

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    Black and Latino students have less access to rigorous academic coursework and are underrepresented at top public high schools. They are less likely to be enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses even when schools offer them. For example, at one school only 8% of Black students and 3% of Latino students took AP courses, compared to 15% of White students. The lack of access to challenging curriculum negatively impacts college admissions. Equitable access to academic preparation, regardless of what high school students attend, is important to ensure civil rights are protected for Black and Latino youth.

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    Black and Latino students have less access to rigorous academic coursework and are underrepresented at top public high schools. They are less likely to be enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses even when schools offer them. For example, at one school only 8% of Black students and 3% of Latino students took AP courses, compared to 15% of White students. The lack of access to challenging curriculum negatively impacts college admissions. Equitable access to academic preparation, regardless of what high school students attend, is important to ensure civil rights are protected for Black and Latino youth.

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    DIFFERENT RACES

    HAVE DIFFERENT
    OPPORTUNITIES

    Giovanna, Andrs, Mariana, Jorge, Monse

    US News and World Report released a list of the best public high schools in
    the US
    They ranked by how well students performed, how prepared the most
    disadvantaged students were, and advanced coursework
    Going to a good high school and strong academic preparation is one of the
    most important factors colleges consider in the application process.
    But Black and Latino are less likely to attend to a high school that offers
    coursework, some schools even lack Algebra II, a basic admission
    requirement.

    Most of the top 20 high schools in the country are not very diverse:

    Black students are only 8 percent of all students at these 20 high schools
    Latinos, 12 percent.
    12 of the top 20 high schools in the US had less than 5% Black enrollment,
    while half had Latino below 5%.
    Only three high schools had Latino student enrollments that exceeded 50%.

    Many high schools lack racial/ethnic diversity because they are located in
    areas that lack Black and Latino families.
    High Technology High School in New Jersey is in a neighborhood that is only
    0.5% Black and 3.5% Latino (diversity of just 2% Black and Latino students
    combined).
    Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida is surrounded
    by an area of Black people, but only about a quarter of the high schools
    population shows that.
    Black and Latino students are less likely to enroll or in AP courses, even if
    high schools might offer advanced courses, they are also less likely than
    White or Asian students to benefit.

    Students benefit from academic coursework, there was an average


    enrollment gap of 4% points between Blacks and Whites, and 1% point
    between Latinos and Whites (this smaller gap might be Latino participation
    in the Spanish Language exam).
    Four of the schools had Black-White or Latino-White gaps that exceeded 5%
    The Academy of Aerospace and Engineering has only 8% Blacks and 3%
    Hispanics taking AP courses, while 15% of White students do so.
    At BASIS Tucson North, over two-thirds of White students took all AP
    exams, only two out of every five Black students did the same.

    The U.S. Department of Educations Office of Civil Rights put Alabamas Lee
    County School District on notice this past fall because the predominantly
    Black middle school did not offer Algebra, while the White middle school in
    the same district did.
    The Office of Civil Rights is collecting, analyzing, and policing the results of
    resegregation, gerrymandering of public school attendance zones, and
    curricular tracking are preserving hierarchies and perpetuating inequalities
    that help Black and Latino students.
    Colleges are not able to formally recognize some of these inequalities, we
    need equitable access to rigorous academic preparation for Black and
    Latino students. Regardless of whether Black and Latino students attend a
    top high school, equitable access to academic preparation is their civil right.

    Student Diversity Statistics


    In 1980 388 students of
    color were enrolled out of
    10,616 students (3.7%)

    APPLYING FOR SCHOOLS

    (From Western Washington University)

    APPLYING FOR SCHOOLS


    Most universities in the U.S. are required to
    meet a certain quota of people from different
    races to keep running (Latino, African
    American, Asian, etc.) They sometimes give
    extra points on exams to these people.

    He Dropped One Letter In His Name


    While Applying For Jobs, And The
    Responses Rolled In

    Jos Zamora says he logged onto his computer every morning and
    searched on internet for listings, applying to everything he felt qualified
    for. He estimates that he sent out between 50 to 100 resumes a day. He
    wasn't getting any responses, so he decided to drop the "s" in his name.
    Jos Zamora became Joe Zamora, and a week later, he says his inbox was
    full, he hadn't changed anything on his resume but the lettter.
    Although digital job applications seem to be the ultimate colorblind hiring,
    studies and applicants prove the opposite. Employers consciously or
    subconsciously discriminate names that souns black or Latino, as reported
    by the New York Times. One much-cited study found that applicants with
    White-sounding names received 50% more callbacks than black-sounding
    names.
    "I had to drop a letter to get a title," Zamora said, "Sometimes I don't
    even think people know or are conscious or aware that they're judging
    - even if it's by name - but I think we all do it all the time."

    RECAP
    Racial background affects acceptance.
    Name changes perspective/ foreshadows
    race and culture.
    Stereotypes limit opportunities.

    People from non white races tend to have to


    work harder to demonstrate their potential.

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