Entirely explainable by IQ.
approximately 50% of whites have an IQ of 100 or higher
approximately 5% of blacks have an IQ of 100 or higher.
There may be other factors at work, but if you do not have the IQ to grasp certain concepts, you’re out of luck whether you’re planning to go to college or not.
If the government tries to encourage some group to go to college anyway, one should not be surprised to see average intelligence become a factor in whether that population is found “fully ready for college”.
If we looked at school perfomance as a whole and removed blacks and latinos from the statistical mix, we’d see a far different picture. Whites, Jews, asians/orientals and Indians seem to be performing at least adequately.
I think we are seeing the result of shifting demographics.
I don’t have any problem making general, factual statements about race. I’m not saying you’re guilty of this, but too many people seem to forget that even if blacks are generally less intelligent than whites (and whites less intelligent than Asians), there are still very intelligent blacks and stupid Asians.
I think conservatives generally treat people as individuals, while liberals tend to treat us as groups. I strongly oppose making any presuppositions about anyone based on race. It doesn’t matter, for example, if young black males are twice as likely to commit a violent crime (I don’t know the actual violent crime rate for them, but it’s higher than for whites). I wouldn’t treat a young black male poorly based on that unless he gave me indications he was violent.
That’s why I’d oppose profiling based solely on race. On the other hand, it’s nearly impossible to look solely at race anyway. Other factors, like dress and appearance, speech, and behavior do justify profiling. The left seems to want us to turn a blind eye to those other factors in their effort to stamp out profiling. They also like to silence anyone who dares bring up generalized facts about race that might reflect negatively, like blacks generally being less ready for college.