Sentences with phrase «prospects of black boys»
This is why school districts around the country have launched initiatives dedicated to lifting the prospects of black boys.
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«Among junior boys I'd say five of our top 10 prospects are black, and it's probably seven or eight of the top 20,» says Rodney Harmon, director of men's tennis and former director of multicultural development for the USTA.
And for the seniors at Boys» Latin, it's a glimpse of a future that is out of reach for the majority of Philadelphia public school students, especially when those students are black and male — a future lived in comfort and upward mobility, rather than one that stagnates with far fewer prospects.
Among their many tenants who are constantly evicted or in danger of being thrown out are Arleen, a young black woman with two boys; Lamar, a black disabled man with two sons struggling to find a place of his own; Larraine, a white woman struggling to make rent with no job prospects, and Scott, a white gay drug addict who loses his nursing license.