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James Jennings, a professor emeritus at Tufts University who has studied education and race in the city, said persistent racial disparities in class, housing and wealth may feed the kind of racial insensitivity identified by the campaign, even at what is known as the best school in the city.
“It’s a bit ironic and inconsistent that at this particular school the issue of race in a negative way is still with us,” Mr. Jennings said. “Not as it was during the busing crisis, but we still have a lot of things to work out.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/education/students-say-racial-hostilities-simmered-at-historic-boston-latin-school.html?_r=0
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