African-American. This paper discusses African Americans. Young African-Americans, especially males, face particularly acute and limited chances of succeeding in school, as they do socially, a lot they share with other under-served minority and poor populations (Bailey and Paisley). Statistics say that African-Americans account for only 17% of the total population of a typical school, yet they comprise 32% of all suspensions and 30% of all expulsions. There are also three times more African-American males in remedial or special education classes than their while male counterparts and only 8.4% of those in gifted and talented classes are African-American. Pages: 11 Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed Filename: 120 Young African-Americans Males.doc Price: 98.45