Of course, ethnicity is often confounded with peer pressure to conform in certain ways..such as not "acting white." Some young people, and I know from working in many schools, are or at least were tremendously pressured to not doing well in school, acting a bit tougher than perhaps was their natural inclination...having to like certain clothes, music etc...Some of that nut has to be cracked, when it is behavior that hurts themselves, their families, their peers or society in general...and things will get better, guaranteed. Sooner or later we are all going to have to talk about this..thankfully Senator and Mrs. Obama have started to take on behavioral issues of young people, and I mean of all races. Bullying especially. I hope Mrs. Obama makes it her focus if she becomes first lady -- and goes, as she has already gone after the innocent looking girls flying under the radar who make lives miserable for other middle school and high school students. Then the president can take on the boys....this is way way more important than most people realize and directly relates to the pursuit of happiness..there have been so many incidents lately... mg