PoliticalChic
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I’d prefer if you were concise and pointed on your responses. You refuse to be intellectually honest and debate what is driving the outcome. Why are African American students fairing so poorly? All you are doing is pointing out that they are fairing poorly. No shit. That’s not a revelation. Anyone can see that.
I think what you want to say in a cowardly fashion is that black people are inferior and can’t compete with superior white people and therefore their condition is earned in poverty. If that’s not what you are saying then be brave a state your position clearly because the overly linked and big font size responses that are passive aggressive and indirect is very taxing for the reader.
My argument is that black skin does not make you inferior in any way. However your conditions do prepare you for success or failure. Black skin kept your grand parents from using the GI bill to get a college education. Black skin victimized your parents via redlining keeping themfrom owning a home that builds wealth. There are a whole host of barriers that are not the fault of black children born into a cycle of poverty and failure today. What to do about?
You want to blame skin color. I want to provide more access to children in those situations to lift them out.
With respect to the education gap, how is it that 'racism' is responsible for these areas in which black students fall short when compared to white and Asian students:
The number of days absent from school
The number of hours spent watching TV
The number of pages read for homework
Quantity and quality of reading material in the home
The presence of two parents in the home.
How does 'racism' explain these ...deficiencies????
How are white folks responsible???