> its not accurate to conflate race with culture This is true, but there aren't regularly gathered statistics on what culture students are a part of. Race, how

> its not accurate to conflate race with culture This is true, but there aren't regularly gathered statistics on what culture students are a part of. Race, however, is constantly tracked. There is generally a correlation between race and culture in America, and thus race is being used as a proxy for culture in the example.