A little awkward?strictly editorial

September 12, 2006

Between observing Golden Tamarind monkeys at the zoo and giving a tour of the Old Pension Building, I address author changes to a first edit of a journal article. Ahem. Yes. Author is striving to make author's intent more clear.

Overall, the finding that increased racial heterogeneity is associated with reduced involvement in violence among blacks, in combination with results from the mediation analyses, suggests that racial friendship networks are largely homogenous and this structural component of friendship networks may be especially detrimental for black youth.

This is because racial homogeneity acts to perpetuate racial disparities in violence since many black adolescents do not have access to the same resources through their friendship ties as other non-black adolescents.

Right. Yeah. Okay.

It's my last issue. I refuse to care.