<p>I think in my area black boys are not being actively engaged in the different programs available for gifted youths. Recently it’s come out in Iowa schools, black boys are more likely to be put in special ed. or labeled as behavioral disordered, something I know that in white children might be a clue as to their “gifted”-ness. As a matter of fact, in elementary school when the G/T program sent out those pamphlets about how to properly parent a gifted child, it said that parents must be advocates for their children and they may be labeled as disruptive, behavioral disordered, or any number of euphemisms that are constantly affixed onto black male youths without question. </p>
<p>I also think that poor white males fall through the cracks too easily as well, as my poor white friends are not properly represented in higher level classes. But black males in particular are also given harsher punishments on average for the same unacceptable infractions.</p>