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lestermg on 02 Feb 15"The report finds that a black or Hispanic student is nearly four times more likely to be enrolled in one of the city's poorest performing high schools than an Asian or white, non-Hispanic student. According to review of 2009-10 data, none of the city's strongest schools are located in the poorest neighborhoods of Harlem, the South Bronx, and central Brooklyn" This article talks about how the opportunity gap is not only in different economic classes, but also through different ethnicities.