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Clarification on "lack of educational opportunity" PSA

Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:43 am
Posted by volod
Leesville, LA
Member since Jun 2014
5392 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:43 am

I just wanted to clarify a few things.

1) My K-12 years were in the Vernon Parish school district. The high school I went to was roughly 60/30 for the white/black students respectively. When I said blacks have the same opportunities, I was basing it on the assumption that the majority of k-12 schools have a similar setup.

2) I also recognize that the standards across institutions vary considerably. My point was that even with lower bars set minorities, there are still blacks who complain about not having options.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
84943 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:44 am to
How important do you think you are around here?
Posted by Pahnew
Member since Apr 2008
5372 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:44 am to
Just waiting for that silver platter
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
34963 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:44 am to
quote:

Lack of educational opportunity


A polite way to say Southern sucks.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:48 am to
Good grief just
GO
AWAY
Posted by ZBeaux10
Prairieville
Member since Jul 2015
602 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:49 am to
Everyone has the option to go to school, work hard, make good grades, and go to college. Not everyone has the same support as others, but if you truly want to succeed in life you can make it work.
Posted by Commandeaux
Zachary
Member since Jul 2009
7269 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:51 am to
Thread I'm looking forward to seeing: "I got a job" started by Volod.
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24344 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:52 am to
No one really gives a frick. That thread went to shite much like this one will.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 9:54 am to
Didn't read.

No one gives a shite.
Posted by johnnyrocket
Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
9790 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:08 am to
It is funny my father grew up in Vermillion Parish to a family that was poor and only learning how to speak Cajun French until he was in first grade. The only thing he ever got for xmas a fruit from the church because his family was poor. During the fall and spring the school was closed so kids could work on the farm. Yes my father picked cotton, pepper plants for tobasco, and worked in rice fields. He learned to speak English, graduated high school, served in the army, and then graduated from the University of Kentucky. I guess he had it easy with all the programs they had for poor people in the 1940's and 1950's.

Meanwhile poor African American John or Jane Doe has the ability to enroll in pre k school for free.

Middle class families have to pay for pre k if they want it.

They have free tutoring along with other programs while such as the free lunch program in manditory daycare (some call it school).

Most middle class families put their kids in private school, some parents work extra jobs or work long hours for this benefit, and they still have time to make sure their kid is active in school.

They have the ability to get other govt services like free or reduced Internet, free lunch program, EBT card which I guess hot dogs & soft drinks& candy are necessary food; or they can go to a neighborhood library which they do have bus service in African American communities.

Middle class pays for Internet service, lunch for their kids, and computers.

Yeah, it seems to me there is a true lack of laziness in some communities to take advantage of the opportunities that are out there.
Posted by shotcaller1
Member since Oct 2014
7501 posts
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:12 am to
The opportunities are there and even better for minorities from a societal point of view. More scholarships, more funding at their schools, etc.

The failure is home life
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