Talk:Racial integration

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Making a similar distinction between the letter of the law and the spirit of one's actions, Jennifer Lightweis writes, "Clemson desegregated, but it never integrated. Integration implies an effort toward equality and proportional representation. Clemson is a land-grant college in a state [South Carolina - ed.] where 41 percent of graduating high school seniors are African-American. Yet in the past 10 years, Clemson's African-American enrollment has dipped from a peak of 8 percent to a shameful 7.1 percent"

This quote paragraph attacks the dignity of an honorable institution of higher learning. The statistical evidence is extremely deceptive. While 41% of the seniors graduating from high school in South Carolina are African American, a significantly lower percentage of students are African American in the top half, quarter, and tenth of graduating classes in South Carolina. Similarly, African Americans had significantly lower SAT scores. In 2004, over 55% over blacks fell in the lowest quartile nationally compared to less than 20% of whites. Less than 15% of blacks were in the upper two quartiles compared to over 50% of (whiteshttp://ed.sc.gov/topics/assessment/scores/sat/2004/REPORT_2004.pdf). Admission to Clemson University is based on academic performance, not race.