RE: She says the unspoken (anywhere) fact is that “kids of color” are not as smart as white and Asian kids.
How about the other possibility — that the black community does not have the CULTURE that values education and the hard work that is needed to succeed the way Asians kids have.
I have seen lots of black kids succeed in a charter school environment, some even going on to enter prestigious colleges ON MERIT ( e.g. good SAT scores ), not affirmative action.
“How about the other possibility”
It’s a non starter for honest teachers.
While cultural aspects are a problem TOO, the culture is an outcome of the lack of base processor power.
We have 10s of millions of people in this country running on a Commodore 64 processor...in an Intel Core i9 world.
It’s been this way for millennia. Likely longer.
Obviously, there are exceptions. I am speaking about averages.