October 11, 2002

If Black College Students Do Poorly, There's Plenty of Blame to Go Around

To the Editor:

It is upsetting to find a sensationalistic title such as "Prestigious Colleges Ignore the Inadequate Intellectual Achievement of Black Students" (The Review, September 13) introducing an anecdotal evaluation by one professor of English at one liberal-arts college, known for its discriminating selection of students and isolated setting in a predominantly white region. It is preposterous to think that the assessment of one professor of particular racial dynamics in a

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