Several schools in London, England, are offering summer literacy lessons that are open only to black students to “accelerate progress in reading and writing whilst also developing the children’s knowledge of black history and culture.” They are not offering a similar program for white students even though educational achievement is lower for whites from a disadvantaged background than for students from other ethnic groups from a disadvantaged background.
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