Posted on 08/08/2004 3:05:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Bump!
The solution is simple. Simply expel all the troublemakers from the schools and flunk out those who either don't want to or can't keep up. The world needs gas station attendants, fast food workers, ditchdiggers and bus drivers too. And you don't need 12 years of schooling to perform any of those jobs.
They all need basic education for a strong country. But the way schools are structured now, the NEA and the DNC run the programs with their army of poorly educated teachers. It has marginalized all students and their futures - and the future of our country.
I think you need only wait until you apply to colleges and for scholarships to those colleges.
When you see how much money you are going to be offered, then you'll get to see what the icy stares of white people look like ;-)
So how does she proceed in that climate?
She doesn't have to put her race down on anything,thinking she could get something out of it. Everyone INCLUDING WHITE PEOPLE think they can always get something for their color. Sheesh.
She has to MOVE FORWARD do whatever she wants and block out stupid people. No matter what she does there are always the crowd who'll say 'oh you got that because of affirmative action'. For some, no matter what black people do it'll never good enough for whites. That's such an easy out for people. AND AND AND stay away from the black student union. Those people can be poisonous to your mental health.
Good advice.
>>So how does she proceed in that climate?<<
Just the way she has. As a Strong Black Woman with a mission!! God love her!
She has a tough road and sounds like her family is behind her (and most probably her church). She will be fine.
The problem is that so many more girls may not be this strong. They may fall into the trap. I wish I had the solution.
This happens in the hills as well. When my wife went to college, her cousins accused her of "getting above her raisings".
Actually, the white people who would think she was there because of affirmative action would be the least of her worries. It's the crowd that inhabits the BSU office she has to watch out for *LOL* I speak from personal experience!
Courage. This kid is going places.
Getting above her raisings? How sad.
Continue to excel. It doesn't matter whether it's high school, college or the workplace. If she keeps the focus on the task to be done, and not on what others may think of her (e.g., in high school = "Oreo," in college and the workplace = "affirmative action baby"), she'll be just fine.
Looks like she's bucking Sharpton and Jackson. Bravo for her!
Wonder if Condi Rice has had any impact on her and other young, black women?
She was one of the few that didn't have a child in high school. She's rather uppity that way.
Why does it have to be Condi Rice?
I don't notice girls around me having babies as young anymore. That should be a good thing.
This is EXACTLY what Bill Cosby has been attempting to address to his community. Even though it's a cliche- it bears repeating how significant pressure from one's peers is in grades 1-12.
All it would take for the trend to change is a few young black musician "stars" to start talking about learning as cool...
The other was a self-appointed organization, usually called the Black Student Union. Assorted radicals belonged to it. In other words, the BSU was blacker than its duly elected counterpart, the SGA. I was president of the BSU at Bethune-Cookman College and founder and editor of the BSU newspaper.
These divisions -- who is black enough and who is not -- were not isolated to college campuses. The phenomenon defined black life at all levels in black communities nationwide. ***
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