Before jumping to conclusions, however, it is important to remember that those statistics might exist for any number of reasons. The numbers do not necessarily mean black or Asian students commit more honor violations per capita. On the other hand, it also does not automatically point to implicit unfairness in the system or on the part of the Committee. The Committee is only part of the whole. The discrepancies do suggest the prevalence of racial problems at the University.
Students own the honor system and they make the majority of accusations.
Like it or not, many students tend to stick together with members of their own race during their four years at the University. White students have charged the black community with segregating itself and vice versa. That possibility unfortunately may account for disproportionate accusation statistics, especially when white students make up the majority of the student body. It might sound terrible, but it does not mean that there are inequities inherent in the Committee's implementation. Whether such a possibility is true or completely false, the perceptions can be just as important as reality when explaining why some minority students do not believe the system operates unfairly.