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Study Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers
New York Times ^
| January 22, 2009
| Sam Dillon
Posted on 01/23/2009 7:42:40 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1
Obama is like Global Warming. He has the power to effect everything.
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posted on
01/23/2009 7:57:06 AM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: reaganaut1
If merely electing a black president could make blacks "act white" in terms of academic performance, crime, and family stability
There might actually be something to that. In all my years in factories working with blacks, I've found that the peer pressure to avoid selling out to whitey can be pretty effective.
Years ago there was a black line worker in the bindery I worked at. He was a smart kid with plenty of potential so I asked my boss if I could begin training the kid for my job. It would have nearly tripled his wages and he was a bright kid.
I started training him but noticed that a lot of other blacks in the shop harassed him by calling him Uncle Tom and "my boy". Finally it just got to be too much and he said he didn't want to do the job. He explained "I've gotta live in the same neighborhood with those guys".
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posted on
01/23/2009 7:57:23 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: reaganaut1
Bad news for the NFL and NBA if true.
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posted on
01/23/2009 7:58:41 AM PST
by
metalcor
One of the executive orders signed yesterday made the White House a “Grill-Free Zone”...
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posted on
01/23/2009 7:59:29 AM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: John Semmens
Sure this isn’t one of yours? :)
To: D-fendr
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:07:38 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Control the information, you control the people.")
To: reaganaut1
The Question I have had all along: What if we had elected a black Republican? Would we have the same level of excitement?
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:24:32 AM PST
by
CharlieOK1
(Don't blame me, I voted for Sarah)
To: reaganaut1
Makes sense to me-after all, the South Koreans, Chinese, and Indians who came here did terribly academically, financially, etc. until they had a President who “looked like them”
/s
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:25:39 AM PST
by
Mac from Cleveland
(Joe Biden behind a microphone is like Ted Kennedy behind a steering wheel)
To: Mac from Cleveland
My wife and I are Indian. Freepers had better support Bobby Jindal, so that my children have HOPE.
/s
To: reaganaut1
Whatever good Mr. Obama brings to blacks because he is black will soon be lost because of his policies. On the other hand, if Mr. Obama causes young, black people to rise above needing government’s help, if he inspires them to succeed on their own, they will be better off forever. But somehow I doubt any good will come from Mr. Obama’s Socialist happy dreams.
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:29:58 AM PST
by
pallis
To: Tallguy
The bell curve story comes to mind when it comes to black test scores..
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:48:06 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: Tallguy
The bell curve story comes to mind when it comes to black test scores.
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posted on
01/23/2009 8:49:14 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: autumnraine
I hope so too, but when you live making excuses your whole life, you aren’t likely to change. Face it, no one is successful all the time. If your habit is to blame every failure on someone else, you will continue to do that. On the other hand, if you look at failure as a learning process, you will eventually succeed.
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posted on
01/23/2009 9:02:52 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: reaganaut1
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posted on
01/23/2009 9:16:00 AM PST
by
Reflex
((same socialist crapola different day))
To: reaganaut1
To: brytlea
That is exactly right Brytlea. When something happens, if the first you do is look around and say “Whose fault is this?” you are never going to fix anything because sometimes the fault lies in yourself.
Sadly, I see too many people (can you say frivolous lawsuits???) make that mistake of looking around to figure point instead of fixing something they could have done better.
To: reaganaut1
Of course scores will improve. Especially since they dumb down the tests. I guess that this means that, maybe, 31% will graduate rather than 30% graduating from High School?
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posted on
01/23/2009 9:28:01 AM PST
by
RC2
To: reaganaut1
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posted on
01/23/2009 9:48:32 AM PST
by
Gator113
("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
To: StAntKnee
The Messiah has instantly increased the I.Q.’s
of blacks. I’m impressed...
But this is all a sham. A 20 question test does not certify anything.
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posted on
01/23/2009 9:56:40 AM PST
by
ChiMark
To: reaganaut1
This is disgusting. Black people are not some mindless “mass” that moves based on a “Dear Leader”.
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posted on
01/23/2009 10:15:18 AM PST
by
Clock King
(Radical Conservatives, arise!)
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