For Some Black Students, Discrimination Outweighed Integration's Benefits

William Darity

New Cook Center analysis shows that for Black students, school integration was no panacea.  Integrating the American classroom has long been a goal of many who seek to eradicate racial discrimination. But a new paper from four economists, including Duke University’s William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr., suggests that Black students do not always benefit from attending racially balanced schools. Read more here