It would be really interesting if we could factor-identify the problem as one that's fundamentally about racism. I don't suspect that this is going all that wel

It would be really interesting if we could factor-identify the problem as one that's fundamentally about racism. I don't suspect that this is going all that well as a project. What we find is that race matters less than whether or not the kids have the resources and interest to exploit schools properly. The factors behind that are profound - you might consider "The Wire" a dozens-of-hours essay on the nature of the problem and it ended without much conclusion. My Mom taught poor kids. They were of many races, but they all had the same basic problems.