Black to School

A dispiriting experience with “racial affinity” at an elite high school

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BLACK TO SCHOOL

A dispiriting experience with “racial affinity” at an elite high school

“The tacit message is that it’s the job of Asian kids, Hispanic kids, and white kids to discover their talent for acting, their hidden athletic abilities, their skill at coding, and their facility with math. The job of black kids, however, is to feel ‘comfortable’ around people like themselves in their affinity group.”