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of blacks, Puerto-Ricans and whites in the Catholic parochial schools than in the public schools, because whites will still send their kids to the parochial school because there's a certain discipline and you don't fear that your kids are going to be assaulted, Whereas they would not send their kids in the same percentages of racial balance to the public schools because they fear that their kids are going to be assaulted and that the scale and style of education and the things that their kids are going to learn are going to be diminished.

Q:

Well, you've brought up a couple of interesting points here. On this last one then: are you really saying that it's not mainly a question of race as far as the kids being separate from each other, it is a question of the economic-cultural background from which they come.

Koch:

Yes.

Q:

In ther words, the black and white kids make friendships in the parochial school because they come from a similar type of family background.

Koch:

Correct.

Q:

The black kids’ parents have enough money to send their kids





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