Tierney ("Computing the Cost of 'Acting White'") on the social pressure faced by some black students. "But at integrated public schools, minority students face a special problem, according to [economist Roland] Fryer's study. Unlike their white classmates, whose popularity steadily increases as their grades go up, minority students with higher grades end up with fewer friends. For blacks, this effect is noticeable among B-plus and A students. For Hispanic students, the drop in popularity is even more pronounced, affecting students who average at least C-plus grades."

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[E. Cone Levy]

popularity? highschool? who cares?

[David Boyd]

Certainly not this guy.