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re: What will Ben Affleck do now that his secret shame is out?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:43 am to Rebelgator
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:43 am to Rebelgator
Didn't you already get schooled enough in the uppity thread? I'm not sure why you're so proud of being ignorant of American history.
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:44 am to Stonehog
You realize, literally everyone in that thread said you were wrong.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:45 am to Rebelgator
The uneducated people did.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:46 am to RoyalAir
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OK, again, how are the educations unequal? Do you believe there is a difference in resources, a la less money being spent on a per pupil basis? Or what do you contend is the root source of the disparity?
Yes, there is less money being spent, on the thing that matters most... Teachers.
There is a gap in parenting that makes a difference as well, I will grant that. I have a good friend and classmate who was a director for teach for America, and he can articulate things a lot better than I. If you are really interested and not just being contrary, check out the documentary waiting for superman.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:46 am to Stonehog
So, you're the only person on here who is educated?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:49 am to Rebelgator
While you're reading the dictionary, you might want to look up the definition of hyperbole.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 9:50 am to Stonehog
Isn't that when you burn one down when you're tweaking too hard?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:00 pm to cokebottleag
Will he kiss Jesse Jackson's arse and apologize?
dude is sjw to the fullest.
He'll kiss Jesse Jackson's dick while digging Jesse's lovechild's fetus out with a rainbow flagpole.
And you're not allowed to criticize that because 28th amendment, you white privilege cracka.
#racetogether #furgeson #cananyoneconfirm #hashbrownsnothashwhitesbutmaybehashish #blackbrownbluegreenyellowgreypurplelivesmatter #ojdajewman4president #nowonderthisgenerationisfricked
dude is sjw to the fullest.
He'll kiss Jesse Jackson's dick while digging Jesse's lovechild's fetus out with a rainbow flagpole.
And you're not allowed to criticize that because 28th amendment, you white privilege cracka.
#racetogether #furgeson #cananyoneconfirm #hashbrownsnothashwhitesbutmaybehashish #blackbrownbluegreenyellowgreypurplelivesmatter #ojdajewman4president #nowonderthisgenerationisfricked
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:41 pm to Masterag
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Yes, there is less money being spent, on the thing that matters most... Teachers.
There is a gap in parenting that makes a difference as well, I will grant that. I have a good friend and classmate who was a director for teach for America, and he can articulate things a lot better than I. If you are really interested and not just being contrary, check out the documentary waiting for superman.
I'm not being contrary. You said that some children were being denied an education. I wanted to understand what you meant by that.
Asking you to clarify a position that you willingly took isn't arguing.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:45 pm to cokebottleag
Affleck didn't give one shite. If he didn't say anything probably wouldnt have been a big deal and gone unnoticed. Or the media could have portrayed him as a racist so that's probably why he said something.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:58 pm to Masterag
What about black people who have family members in Africa that STILL have slaves?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:05 pm to RoyalAir
Fair point.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:10 pm to Old Sarge
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What about black people who have family members in Africa that STILL have slaves?
What do you think?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:55 pm to Masterag
That it is all meaningless.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:28 pm to 5thTiger
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So how to dress, and look, and speak, and act, it all matters. That is the message that needs to be sent to kids.
This is the absolute truth, but it isn't happening for a very large segment of the black community and quite honestly it is getting worse.
IMO, it can be laid totally at the feet of the destruction of the family - a problem that's particularly bad in black families.
In the early 1960s, about 75% of black children lived in 2 parent homes (the number was around 90% for white children).
Today, the number for white children is still in the middle 70s, but for black children it is in the low 30s. I heard a radio news story in the last couple of weeks that said the percentage was under 20% for black teenaged children.
Kids aren't going to learn how to be adults without someone to teach them and when the family is broken, far to often the people they learn from are teaching the completely wrong lesson so nobody should be surprised when the kids turn out bad too.
I don't know how you fix the problem without first fixing the family problem....
Sources:
Link with very recent stats
Link looking at 1940s - middle 1990s
Link discussing achievement difference between kids raised in 1 or 2 parent families
Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:51 pm to cokebottleag
I think that I would be embarrassed as well, if I found out such a thing about my ancestors.
Fortunately, my ancestors have never held slaves... on this continent.
Fortunately, my ancestors have never held slaves... on this continent.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:56 pm to JustGetItRight
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Kids aren't going to learn how to be adults without someone to teach them and when the family is broken, far to often the people they learn from are teaching the completely wrong lesson so nobody should be surprised when the kids turn out bad too.
Environment matters. Family is one of, if not, the biggest environmental factors. As a society we can't fix what's at home, but we can pour money in to areas that need it. I went to a rich suburban high school where like 95% of kids went to college. The single parent factor is going to be a lot less of a big deal in that situation. The closer we can get to as a society of producing as many quality educations we can instead of writing off things as lost causes, the better we will be, IMO.
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