I am a citizen of the Lower East Side and I feel that the statistics that ONLY 7.9% of African Americans Students being enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses makes me feel upset. That makes me second guess my surroundings of "colored" people because I wonder do they care? How do they feel? And why do some of them put themselves in a bad position than others?
I, Dynasia Smith feels disturbed because i think that there is some type of racism going on in that statement. Some people just have it hard and can't be as civilized as others and focus in school. I think the statements said in 50 Years Later : Little Rock Central such as "White people have better lives and they don't come from a harsh background as us 'Colored' people" was true but i also agree that that's no excuse to act up in school.
I also feel like teachers should try and push us more because its sad that ONLY about 50% of African Americans graduate. We have the ability to do better we just need that support. This is very sad to hear because i feel like they are representing me and making me look bad , and we are we'll known as being "ignorant" and i think in this case people are proving that. I would want to prove people wrong but it seems different for other black citizens .
You know what though? This doesn't surprise me because it seems that all our life's so many black people have been failures and are going to continue to be because its like a never ending cycle (not a good thing). I feel white people are born to be smart and maybe thought it was better that we had to earn the title of being smart. Does it have to do with the economic system? If we had more money would you think we would be willing to learn or would our situation still be bad?
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I really enjoyed reading the first half of your post - your response to the achievement gap data. You ask some very interesting questions about the story behind the data. Your question about whether or not money would change thing is an interesting one. I wonder if it's just a matter of having more money. However, I'm not sure if money will make everyone care about having an education. I think when a person constantly sees himself or herself as a failure and sees mostly failure around him or her, it is hard to want to try to be different. It takes A LOT of willpower.
ReplyDeleteYou made an interesting point about whites not coming from a harsh background.The Blacks & Latinos do come from a harsh background because a lot goes on and they can't do anything about it.
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