Is Black Culture the Problem with Education?

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Why should public schools receive equal funding? If some communities choose to pay higher property taxes, why shouldn't they be entitled to a more well-funded education if they so choose? We all know that DC schools receive some of the highest public funding in the country, yet they perform miserably. Yet, Wisconsin and Minnesota do not pour money into their education system and they perform top 5 in the country. What is the common denominator for those states? They are predominantly white.

The problem is not an uneven playing field. It's not even that certain races don't have the capacity to learn- because we all know anyone can. Are Blacks playing the same game as Whites and Asians or are they simply relying on Affirmative Action?
Yuna- your statement is interesting- which race has a the lower IQ average?
Murder- if you reread what i wrote, i mentioned that every race has the capacity to learn. for what you have accomplished, you must admit that it's not the usual case.I have no reason to doubt your claims, so, you clearly proove my point that Blacks have the capacity to learn.
Whoa Winky, i don't know about all that but thanks for your input anyway. i guess if you believe that they have low IQ's because they are stinky, you should probably reassess your frame of reference.
 
There are so many issues regarding this:

In my mind, the most imporant part is playing the catch-up game. For those of you that are suggesting that intelligence or aptitude are significantly less, based upon race, that's not fair. Up until the Civil Rights Act was passed, segregation provided for a much LESS enriching academic environment for African-Americans.

That means that only a generation-and-a-half of people have had the same opportunities as Whites.

Give it time.
 
Education is something people value and strive for. Many families and cultures (will not name) do not value, earn or understand how valuable education, college and post bachelor education is. Also, families instill the value of education into their children. Many people growing up in families/neighborhoods where education is not seen as a means of life, do not attempt to earn an education. That is one problem that many communities have, and it is shown in the destruction/poverty of some communities.
 
if you look at the statistics you will see why blacks have the lowest education. look at rap, what do they show u in the music videos? bunch of high school drop outs who barely made it to the industry because they can sing. so it shows blacks that they will be cool if they drop out too and they can rap they will have plenty of money and women. thats why they are not as caught up on ecucation as other races. but nontheless it depends on the individual and really using "distubed from the past events" as an excuse is just stupid. everyone was disturbed from the past abuse and discrimination what makes one race more special than the other?
 
Hmmm...You make a good point that if some people choose to pay higher taxes to keep good school, why shouldn't their money go to their schools?

You are also right, having taught in the inner city for 7 long, miserable years, that Blacks are most certainly capable of learning as well as anyone else. The problem is that they have been taught by their "leaders" that being entitled to an education doesn't mean you don't have to work your butt off for it. To many in the inner city think that if their kids simply show up and occupy a desk, that somehow the education will just ooze into them without them having to even be awake for the process. (Do I have stories!) Once the inner city communities decide to take responsibility for themselves and their lives and realize that what educators have been saying for centuries is true: education is the way up and out; it's the way to choice, nothing will change.

Catholic schools in my area, in contrast, do not get nearly as much funding as public schools yet in every way you can possibly compare the two, Catholic schools produce a better product. 98% of Catholic high school graduates in my area go on to college. 52% of high school students in Philadelphia don't even graduate from high school. You can't throw money at the problem and expect it to just get better.
 
No, it all goes back to poverty. Dump all the money you want into the schools, but if have children that are in an environment that learning is not emphasized as much as drugs, rap and sports, then it is no use. The poverty issue has to be addressed. In not a fan Affirmative Action. But I understand why it came about
 
yes,it is...I also think it's the fact that they do not care.Affirmative action is there for them,so they think they don't need to do well in school (if they even can...low IQ's)because they get hired just for being black!
 
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