re: Resegregation in the American South

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Not saying it isn't possible to succeed coming from a tough environment, but it is infinitely more difficult as generations of data show most people born into a given socio-economic class die in the same class as do their children.

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Statistically, this is true. Regarding my situation, I was fortunate to have well educated parents who emphasized education. And my mother was a teacher. She taught me how to read by the age of four. I didn't read really well but I could read as well as kids three years older than me at that age. This is why I know that the proper guidance is the most important factor to success.

I believe the unsuccessful cycle can be broken with proper guidance. This can come from resources within the community or possibly at school but people need to be made aware. If these resources (such as after school tutoring and study groups) aren't readily available they need to be.

With repetition and guidance, learning can become a habit. I graduated from college years ago and I still go to the public library as often as I can. I love to read and the more I learn, the more I realize how important it is to continue learning.

Public schools should offer classes on techniques of self-improvement, "how to study", and where to go to get help.

Disagree about the part of the unintelligent living together and breeding btw.

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Point is an early foundation through the schools is very important. A lack of one can be overcome, but it takes a lot more effort. These kids that go to shitty element schools are behind the 8 ball from the start.

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Good point. Here's another issue: Back when I was in grade school, a principal could still paddle a young butt. And most kids who misbehaved got their butt straightened out when they got home as well. We were afraid to act out. And I'm not referring to abuse. Schools nowadays can't install a healthy "fear factor" into young, misbehaving minds. And I'm not sure that it's employed in a healthy or responsible manner at home either. It's much different these days.

Agree with that as well. I got sent home from school and paddled in the principals office twice in school, both times for fighting. My dad wore my arse out when I got home. I was terrified of his zebrabelt and the zebra markings they would leave on my arse.

A little fear of the repercussions when you frick up never hurt anda good arse whupping works wonders IMO.

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It's pretty clear that after more than 50 years of forcing people to go to school together, this experiment is a colossal failure.

It doesn't make the different races want to live with each other, in fact it appears that race relations are no better and may even be worse than before.

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I tend to agree. People can now live where they want so there's no good reason that we can't have neighborhood schools all over the country. That's how we do it in LA and most LAUSD schools end up being overwhelmingly non-white. Nobody seems to consider it racist.

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Disagree about the part of the unintelligent living together and breeding btw.

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You're gonna have to do better than that.

Are you disagreeing because you think that two low IQ people have roughly the same odds of giving birth to smart children as two high IQ people?

Personally, I think one of the worst things we ever inflicted upon minorities is public housing. Basically, we took all the folks who have had much poorer results at making positive life decision(along with many social pathologies) and put them all in one place where they can be virtually unaffected(and therefore, uninfluenced) by people who have done better at making solid life decisions(and have fewer social pathologies).

The results have been predictable.

And sorry, no. Two dumb people are not as likely to have a kid with a high IQ as to smart people.

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I tend to agree. People can now live where they want so there's no good reason that we can't have neighborhood schools all over the country. That's how we do it in LA and most LAUSD schools end up being overwhelmingly non-white. Nobody seems to consider it racist.

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the very article calling the south re-segregated notes that the majority of the "apartheid" schools aren't even in the fricking south

that gets 1 sentence of a long arse article

in the bigger picture, it is just insane that they're implying that the south needs to be ruled over...because if not it will mimic the behaviors of the rest of the country? the main point is just mindblowing, looking at the entire country

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TejasHorn

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Wow, it only took 1 post to make you look stupid. I think that's a new record.

Ironically, that gerrymandered area contains quite a few University faculty who trend liberal on the political spectrum.

There was a great statistic posted in the comments section of the article from a person that went to high school in Tuscaloosa back in the 90s. It showed the current demographic %s of the other city/county school enrollments in the area which were all in the 60/40 to 80/20 demographic range. Hillcrest, Northridge, Bryant, and Tuscaloosa County all had a relatively large mix of black and white students. I guess including the other 85% of students in the city and county wouldn't have painted the picture the authors were looking for.