[FreedomCalls]

We are generally Hispanic and White in the Valley, not a whole lot of blacks except in Bakersfield and Fresno.

From the Los Angeles Unified School District ethnicity statistics for Taft Senior High School:

Fall 2002  percentage  by ethnicity:

0.51% American Indian/Alaska Native 6.04% Asian 1.91% Filipino 0.40% Pacific Islander 16.04% Black, Non-Hispanic 34.47% Hispanic 40.63% White, Non-Hispanic

Percent

Fall of:	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian	Filipino	Pacific Islander	Black, Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	White, Non-Hispanic	TOTAL
1998	0.37	8.13	2.01	0.51	13.67	29.28	46.04	100%
1999	0.23	7.51	2.14	0.33	13.24	32.37	44.19	100%
2000	0.53	7.22	2.20	0.56	13.56	33.50	42.43	100%
2001	0.46	6.71	1.98	0.43	13.89	33.35	43.16	100%
2002	0.51	6.04	1.91	0.40	16.04	34.47	40.63	100%

[Verginius Rufus]

It's interesting to see that they have Filipinos as a distinct group, although they are Asian...and the Philippine Islands are islands in the Pacific, so they should be considered Pacific Islanders too. I had heard of this being done to track racial percentages in the University of California student body, but I don't know how widely this is done (treating Filipinos as separate from other Asians).

[Porterville]

I guess Taft has some blacks too... I don't really understand why there is a large population in Taft. I wonder if the stats are correct....