11.   Still, the unemployment rate for black teenagers was higher in December than it was a year ago, and was more than triple the rate for white teens.

12.   The people in this country with the strongest self-esteem are black teenagers.

13.   The urban problems of San Francisco, where a gang of white youths recently beat up a black teenager after a basketball game, seem quite distant.

14.   The wage increase hurt black teenagers in particular because of their dependence on low-wage jobs, said Rebel Cole, chief economist at the institute.

15.   A British newspaper Friday took the unusual step of accusing five white youths of murdering a black teenager after both criminal and private prosecutions against them had failed.

16.   A huge race debate raged in Italy Sunday after a black teenager originally from the Dominican Republic was crowned Miss Italy prompting both cheers and cat-calls.

17.   British Prime Minister John Major on Tuesday insisted that attempts to bring a prosecution over the racist killing of a black teenager would continue.