I think this discussion is about 2 or 3 decades out of date.
Currently the issue isn't whether you are black, white, hispanic, or whatever. It's whether you are male or female. Women have taken over in the high schools and colleges. University enrollment is almost 2/3rds female nationwide and the gap is growing.....
Our problem right now isn't race, it's gender. Boys are dropping out in droves and at very early ages.
If you go into any government office right now you will see most of the employees will be women. I routinely go into offices now where there will be 20 or 30 women working and zero men. The men serve as janitors and gardeners. It's all they are qualified for.
Problem is getting worse and public school administrators are totally blind to the issue.