Black Teachers Will Spend More Time With Them
A limited body of experimental evidence does suggest that teachers, in allocating class time, interacting with students, and designing class materials, are more favorably disposed toward students who share their racial or ethnic background. For example, a 1979 study by Marylee Taylor placed white teachers in a teaching environment where they could not observe the student directly. Taylor found that the teachers provided less coaching and briefer, less positive feedback when told beforehand that the student was Black. Similarly, studies based on observations from actual classrooms often find that Black students with white teachers receive less attention, are praised less, and are scolded more often than their white counterparts.
