[mafree]

What we're talking about specifically here is not a matter of "higher" or "lower" standards. It's more like what constitutes "acceptable" behavior. The two should not be confused- I am not for lowering standards but I don't believe that every social setting calls for all of us to express ourselves in the same way. Therefore, I stand on my previous point that some Blacks are unfairly labeled and penalized because of how they may act when the setting or the circumstances don't warrant the imposition of a narrow standard of conduct.

[CatoRenasci]

But who, other than those who run the institution in question, is the arbiter elegantum who determines what the range of acceptable behavior in any given circumstance is? You seem to be arguing that there is some (lower) objective standard that's acceptable and that blacks are unfairly penalized for meeting that standard rather than the higher (narrower) one imposed by those who run an institution. Without some pretty good 'who are the guardians' and 'who will guard the guardians' arguments, you're just making the typical liberal's 'we know better what you should do' argument, and it doesn't fly.