Sentences with phrase «often than their white peers»

School records show that African - American middle school students were disciplined more often than their white peers.

What do you think of Sander's argument that that affirmative action is causing black law students to get lower grades and pass the bar less often than their white peers?

Not exact matches

A recent U.S. Census Bureau study found that though often poorer than their white peers, Hispanic college students are less likely to receive financial aid.

Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress's nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration's efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

The author points out that disproportionate suspension and expulsion rates are more often the result of inequitable discipline practices than differences in behavior between students of color and their white peers.

Black teachers told researchers that superiors, coworkers, and customers — in this case, parents — often viewed them as less competent than their white peers.

Black children are often perceived as older and more dangerous than their white peers.

A notable feature of his work was the representation of African - Americans alongside white Americans as peers rather than subservient figures, which is how African - Americans were often depicted during this period.