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In identifying gifted students we should be aware of our biases for identifying students who are similar to us.  This article points to research that black gifted students were less likely to be identified as gifted by a white teacher than a black teacher.  This could help explain why black students are highly under represented in gifted populations and why they are 54% less likely to be identified as gifted than white students.  Hopefully, through increasing the diversity of our teaching population and promoting awareness of our biases that we can help set these trends in a positive direction.