Black parents value college more highly than white parents do.

Evidence

But the idea that black families simply don’t see the value of education—that they contribute less to college tuition because they don’t see education as a priority, and my parents, or Je’lon’s, are outliers for being so dedicated to their children’s education—is entirely incorrect. In fact, the research reveals the opposite: A recent Pew Research survey showed that more than half of a group of black and Latinx parents surveyed (62 percent and 52 percent, respectively) said getting a college degree for their children was extremely important; among white parents, only 34 percent said the same. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 306

Categorization

• XREF: Directly reverses the ‘deficit narrative’ the reader tracks; connects to value-explanations literature.