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Black student activists face penalty in college admissions

  • Written by Ted Thornhill, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida Gulf Coast University
Black students who express an interest in racial justice are less likely to get a response from predominantly white, private liberal arts colleges, new research shows.AshTproductions/www.shutterstock.com

Back when I taught at a predominantly white, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called “Acting White? Rethinking Race in...

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