Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gore polls best among African Americans, Latinos and union members...
...report, titled "Reaching the Top," was authored by the 31-member National Task Force on Minority High Achievement. The group was established in January 1997 by the College Board to address "the chronically limited presence of African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans among high achieving students at all levels of the educational system...
...particular, critics have pointed to the report's focus on the underachievement of African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, but not Asian-Americans. In the report the achievement of the three minority groups is contrasted against the performance of both whites and Asian Americans...
...Scott Miller, director of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement, said the task force was charged specifically with studying African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, not all minorities or under-performing students...
...said the committee focused on the fact that African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans tend to under-perform white students, even when differences of parental education or socio-economic status are taken into effect. They also do not do as well academically in college as their high school grades or SAT scores would suggest...