1.   In the months prior to the incident, white male students had become more openly resentful of black men dating white women.

2.   Not only do black students have problems with white students and white institutions, but splits occur among the black students themselves.

3.   One black professor was verbally accosted by a white student.

4.   Almost all the white students, unlike their Asian, black and Hispanic classmates, come to Boston Latin from private and parochial schools.

5.   Amid weariness of busing among blacks and white, the city tried to attract white students with enriched course offerings, but that failed.

6.   And middle class black students score lower than middle class white students, according to the College Board.

7.   And inside the school, white students intimidated and harassed them.

8.   And the students generally go to Dayton public schools, where white students have become a minority.

9.   And when they do, white students are far more likely than blacks to be placed in higher-level classes, based on test scores and teacher recommendations.

10.   And there is considerable controversy over the fact that white students dominate honors courses.