I suspect that many black students would do better if they weren’t dragged down by other blacks who berate them for “acting white”.
AMEN>>>>>AMEN!!!!!!!!I was a correctional officer in a maximum security juvenile facility and you couldn't be more right. The kids who acted as though they wanted to straighten up and get out of the ghetto mentality were harrassed by the others. I soon came to realize that the tough guys had to try to intimidate the others because that's all the authority they would ever have in their lives. When confronted with that fact, the "leaders" or tough group would get very upset and sometimes threaten me !!!!(big mistake) as we FORCED counseling on everyone and FORCED education on them, many got their GED's and actually became pretty nice kids. There would often be follow ups from them after they left the facility....VERY rewarding!!!