Richard you are correct with your observation that Carribean black males are at the lower end of academic achievers. The current stats break black into African and Carribean, as the cultural reasons given for the lower achievers amongst Carribean males, do not apply to males from black African families.

And having said that we can further break the stats re Carribean males down to the actual islands that their parents hail from. Domenica being a predominantly (now it's either christian or catholic) island, do not have the same cultural values as those found in other carribean islands...ie the single parent household factor does nt seem to apply to children from Domenican backgrounds.