According to federal data, black male teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 commit homicide at nearly 10 times the rate of white male teenagers of the same age. (snip) That higher black homicide rate indicates a failure of socialization; teen murderers of any race lack impulse control and anger-management skills. Lesser types of juvenile crime also show large racial disparities. It is fanciful to think that the lack of socialization that produces such elevated rates of criminal violence would not also affect classroom behavior.As Mac Donald notes, whites are disciplined more than Asians and boys more than girls, but the Feds have not alleged discrimination against whites or boys. A blogger at Instapundit is fond of snarking, if liberals didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos needs to get busy repealing the Obama-era DOE rule that schools have to discipline black students at or below the per capita rate for white students. She's been slow to act.
