[End Times Sentinel]

African-American parents worried that Ogbu's work would further reinforce the stereotype that blacks are intellectually inadequate and lazy.

"Blacks" per say, aren't intellectually inadequate or lazy, but the rap/hip-hop culture and it's previous incarnations all discourage academic achievement.

"Education is a very high value in the African-American community and in the African community."

How anyone with even passing familiarity with the "African-American community" or, in particular, Africa could even suggest this is appalling.

[B-Chan]

per say

It's per se. Latin.