The NYT is declaring that black people cannot possibly be decent parents? Is that their claim? Are they tying this is to increased support for Planned Parenthood in ghetto areas? Or does that come later?
Exactly. The writer is claiming that the achievement gap is due to white parents playing an active role in their children’s education. The flip side to this statement is that black parents do not participate in their children’s education. Is the writer implying that white parents need to disengage from their children’s education in order to close the achievement gap?