https://darrellowens.substack.com/p/half-of-black-students-can-hardly
If the data shown in the above link is accurate, one could conclude that at least part of the "racial wealth gap" in one of the most liberal/progressive cities in America might be linked to the fact that less than 50% of black students appear to be unable to read the English language at grade level.
This raises the obvious questions about why this might be the case. Surely in a city and state that is controlled by liberal/progressives, racism shouldn't be the answer. It seems impossible to believe that black parents are being prevented from teaching their children to read, and prevented from encouraging their children to read. One might wonder if other "racial" groups perform equally as badly as "blacks". One might also wonder if the children of "black immigrants" perform differently from non immigrant "blacks". One can definitely wonder if giving reparations to the tune of "5,000,000 per person is going to help or hurt those who are basically illiterate. I don't think that anyone would argue that "blacks" are not intelligent enough to read at their grade level.
One thing that we know is that owning real estate is an good path toward building generational wealth. Yet one wonders if someone who's unable to read the documents necessary to purchase real estate would be able to leverage this means to build wealth effectively?
I suspect that those on the left will trot out the same old answers that revolve around more funding for the educational establishment, shutting down any non public schools, continuing to vote for the same folx who have been in power for decades, and more reparations.
In all seriousness, how can anyone expect people who can't do something as basic as reading to succeed?
1 comment:
It's just so monumentally sad this is the state of affairs. But there's no doubt the problem is within...that is, within the families of these kids and within the kids themselves. I had the good fortune to be father to three girls who, unlike their dad, were motivated to succeed in school. Each had the drive and desire to master the subject matter of every class in which they found themselves, never settling for less than A's on their report cards. The two oldest are my wife's from her first marriage. They were three and one when I came on the scene, their biological father already gone from the marriage. Neither my wife nor I ever had to make them do the work. They did it on their own (we were humbled). Then we had another together, and the first two were humbled by the honors acquired by this third one, who was even MORE dedicated to success and achievement, again without prodding, nagging or pleading by either her mother or me. Dean's list throughout her entire four years of college, and graduated summa cum laude.
I say all this to indicate where the primary responsibility lies, which is with the student him/herself. After that comes the parental influence and the parents desire and expectations of achievement. The quality of the school comes in a distant third.
Leftists, being the lying, low intellect people they are, will chastise anyone who dares not regard the students your post mentions as victims. They are not, except of their own unwillingness to achieve.
Post a Comment