I mean, where do people get this notion that black folks think it's "black" to be illiterate? Is this all just an extension of the ebonics debate or something? Are there irrefutable survey numbers that somehow suggest that black folks think "literacy" is "white" and "illiteracy" is "black"?
living around a bunch of dumb hicks for the last year or so and working in the area for the last five, i can tell you this has nothing to race, american society in general does not put a whole lot of stock in being edumicated
Many people from many different ethnic backgrounds who are
born into poverty embrace a sort of anti-intellectualism
as one of their coping mechanisms.
But all of this is very anecdotal.
One thing that has been borne out by statistics is that the parents
have to be supportive and involved for the kids to have a successful
education. It is the parent's job to make sure the kid is doing
homework, and that the kid understands one of the many values of
One thing that has been borne out by statistics is that the parents have to be supportive and involved for the kids to have a successful education. It is the parent's job to make sure the kid is doing homework, and that the kid understands one of the many values of applying oneself in class.
very much the TRUTH, no matter how many programs are started, or how much money is thrown at a school, if the parents don't give a shit neither will their kids
Comments
Many people from many different ethnic backgrounds who are
born into poverty embrace a sort of anti-intellectualism
as one of their coping mechanisms.
But all of this is very anecdotal.
One thing that has been borne out by statistics is that the parents
have to be supportive and involved for the kids to have a successful
education. It is the parent's job to make sure the kid is doing
homework, and that the kid understands one of the many values of
applying oneself in class.
very much the TRUTH, no matter how many programs are started, or how much money is thrown at a school, if the parents don't give a shit neither will their kids