1.   In the words of the influential black leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, whites tended to concentrate upon facts, whilst blacks were concerned about context.

2.   Connerly told his audience that it is because of affirmative action that whites tend to question the qualification of their minority group classmates.

3.   In Anniston, wealthier whites tended to settle on high ground to the east.

4.   Those whites also tended to believe that the disadvantages blacks face stem from historical factors rather than individual inabilities.

5.   Whites tend to focus on how far African Americans have come.

6.   Whites tend to see blacks as a group instead of as individuals, he said.

7.   Whites tend to view the Cherry trial as a final chapter, a move to bring justice to the wrongs of the civil rights era, he said.

8.   Whites tended to hang back at the edge of the crowd and say nothing, he observed.

9.   Critics have long attacked the tests as unfair, chiefly because whites tend to do better than other groups.