John Ogbu, a Nigerian anthropologist, studied minority children in schools in the United States. His conclusion is that:
a. They do as well as non-minority children.
b. Their performance is better in the arts than in the sciences.
c. These children are held back primarily by their culture.
d. Minority schools are equal physically to non-minority schools.
e. Children from voluntary immigrant groups do better than children from involuntary immigrant groups.
E
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