When I was growing up in Florida (in a town that was maybe 40% black) I saw that if a black kid did well in school, the other black kids would attack them for “sucking up to whitey”. To me this seems to be the root of the self perpetuating problem.
Charles Patne from Fox Busines had exactly the same childhood. He mentioned it once.
As you point out, a toxic black culture has taken hold, and Leftist teachers bear some responsibility for its perpetuation.
Black racism is itself rooted in the low expectation of oneself, not as an individual but rather as part of a group of underachievers.
“When I was growing up in Florida (in a town that was maybe 40% black) I saw that if a black kid did well in school, the other black kids would attack them for “sucking up to whitey”. To me this seems to be the root of the self perpetuating problem.”
I does not change. My daughter’s best friend is black. She’s also a medical student on her last semester before becoming an MD. Her family calls her “white girl”.
“...When I was growing up in Florida (in a town that was maybe 40% black) I saw that if a black kid did well in school, the other black kids would attack them for “sucking up to whitey”. To me this seems to be the root of the self perpetuating problem...”
One (or both) of two different sociological terms fit here:
(1) Crabs in the bucket
(2) Tall poppy syndrome