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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar overlike a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Or does it explode? -Hughes, 1951Traditionally, African Americans have faced widespread underrepresentation in our nation's gifted and talented programs. Black students, particularly males, are three times as likely to be in a class for the educable mentally retarded as are White students, but only one half as likely to be in a class for the gifted or talented (Carnegie Corporation, 1984 College Board, 1985). Data of this nature should send an alarming message to educators, administrators, parents, and students. Why do we continually fail to recognize gifted and talented African American students?Attempts to address the issue of African American giftedness have, in the past, led to a blame game. Parents attribute the problem 643

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