Interracial Contact in High School Extracurricular Activities

  • Interracial contact is reduced if students of different racial groups are disproportionately assigned to some tracks.
  • There is general tendency of self-segregation observed in almost every setting.
  • The teams, clubs, and other groups associated with extra-curricular activities also affect interracial contact.
  • None of the regressions suggest that school organizations are any more a vehicle for segregation in the South as in the rest of the country.
  • There is evidence that actual interracial contact is not as great as would be suggested by enrollments, due to academic tracking and self-segregation in friendship patterns.