Sentences with phrase «poor white boys»

African - American fourth - graders from low - income families scored 210 on a 500 - point scale in math — 10 points worse than poor Hispanic boys and almost 15 points worse than poor white boys.

Among poor white boys, just a quarter make that grade, closing the door to A-levels and university for many.

The study found that the few neighborhood where poor black boys did about as well as poor white boys were

Many of them already find the odds stacked against them: the poor white boys who struggle through school; the young black men who are twice as likely to be unemployed as their peers; the children growing up in the poorest neighbourhoods.

Not surprising from a church... I'm still voting for Obama as a poor white boy.

Not exact matches

Michael Jackson was a poor Black boy who grew up to be a rich White woman — so I guess Jeezis could pull that trick also too.

Then Achilles savagely severs the poor boy's neck with his sword, heaves him by the foot into the Scamander, and calls to the fishes of the river to eat the white fat of Lycaon.

Just a poor well hung white boy looking for fun on the down low.

There may be something to that old story of the poor black boy who becomes mega-successful in life and then decides he's only attracted to white women.

For on the fringes of this sleepy hamlet, the morning train soon steams into view, carrying two black - clad Orthodox Jews — a white - bearded elder in a knee - length overcoat and round, broad - brimmed hat, and his stubbled son in a too - tight suit and poor - boy's cap.

The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

Bangladeshi, Indian, black African and Pakistani pupils from poorer homes were also found to perform «well above» the national average, while white working class boys achieve the lowest grades at GCSE of any main ethnic group.

Wouldn't you like to know whether it's more successful with girls or boys, with rich or poor kids, with white or minority students, etc.?

White boys from disadvantaged backgrounds did the worst, and among those from poor neighbourhoods some 71 % did not continue their academic education after GCSEs.

One is her home in a poor black urban neighborhood; the other is the tony suburban prep school she attends with the white boy she dates there.