“The migration of whites out of communities has also left many public school districts in cities made up overwhelmingly of minority students. In Lawrence, just 6 percent of this year’s public school students are white. In Chelsea just 8 percent are, according to state Department of Education figures.”
Uh, maybe I’m a little fuzzy on the math here, so correct me if I’m wrong, but you refer to the 94% of non-whites as being “overwhelmingly ... minority”, implying that the 6% of whites are the majority. Wouldn’t the 6% of whites be the minority and the 94% of non-whites be the “overwhelming majority”?
We both must be fuzzy on the math because I get the same result that you do.