David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

49 64 79

High school

dropouts

4.2 8.0 15.3

High school only0.7 2.5 4.1

Some college 0.7 0.8 1.2

BLACK MEN 1945–

49

1960–

64

1975–

79

High school

dropouts

14.7 41.6 69.0

High school only10.2 12.4 18.0

Some college 4.9 5.5 7.6

The key statistics are the ones in
boldface. Sixty-nine percent of all black
male high school dropouts born between
1975 and 1979 have spent time behind
bars. That’s Brownsville in a nutshell.
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