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Originally Posted by Andre
the thing is that there are entire black communities that have schools where its dangerous to go to, so i believe that black people in general shouldn't get a boost in everything because the rest of us are left out, but instead make great opportunities for someone, whether black or white, to a person in Compton... and let the Bev. Hills kids who has always gone to a better school have a higher curve to meet
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But schools are regulated by state standards. Black kids in urban schools are required to know the same things as white kids in those suburban whitebread schools.
Personally, I blame the culture they live in. A friend of mine (white) is a teacher in an all-black high school, who says that it's "accepted" to be dumb in school. To get an "A" in class, sometimes might get you labeled an "Uncle Tom." It happens, and he's seen it first hand. My friend constantly talks to his kids, trying to break them of this "hip to be stupid" attitude. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't.
Here, you have a white person desperately trying to get his kids to succeed, whereas the culture these kids live in, is desperately trying to keep these kids in failure. Is it still Whitey's fault? I know peer pressure is a [female dog], but sooner or later, you have to isolate the problem, and attack it for what it is. Otherwise, we're going to have droves of ignorant black people in this country, blaming everything and anything for their condition, while avoiding the
real source of blame.