Dull knivesstrictly editorial

September 1, 2006

Several hours later, I look for the sharpener...

Overall, the finding of increasing racial heterogeneity being associated with reduced involvement in violence among blacks, in combination with results from the mediation analyses, suggest that racial friendship networks are largely homogenous and that this acts to reproduce racial disparities in violence, as black adolescents lack the same friendship opportunities as white and Asian adolescents.

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Overall, our finding that increased racial heterogeneity is associated with reduced involvement in violence among blacks. Our results from the mediation analyses suggest that racial friendship networks are largely homogenous. This homogeneity reproduces racial disparities in violence because black adolescents do not have the same opportunities for friendship as their white and Asian counterparts.