Posted on 12/02/2020 9:28:57 AM PST by Red Badger
Dr. Walter Williams is always a great read. Sorry to hear of his death. He’ll be missed.
When my daughter was in elementary school she and a black kid, named Michael, were always the two best students. When they got to junior high and high school Michael’s performance dropped off rapidly and noticeably. My daughter asked him about it one day and he told her that to make good grades was being “too white”, and his peer pressure wouldn’t allow him to do that.
Overcoming this in the “black community” has to come from within, and classes in Systemic Racism only makes it worse and harder to break out of the trap that Michael fell into.
bttt
Just finished watching “The Wire” on HBO. sounds like the used the actual statistics in this article for the portrayal of the Baltimore School Districts in that show.
Agreed. Black culture does not value education.
Really? I’m shocked amazon would even allow such a thing, much less produce it?
Boy do I know that!
I work tutoring for community college. Yes I know it has that rep but the number of classes for remedial math and English is absurd, never mind how many such students I can get during any given semester.
The now is that everything is garbage. That’s mentioned right away.
As for solution, it should be to restore real discipline, not wimpy nonsense. Such as telling on the student. Suspension is a reward, not a punishment (unless the kid is so bad it hurts others).
Walter E. Williams will be missed - he was a national treasure... he spoke for all of us who are NOT white liberal 'elites' or high income blacks....
About a month or two ago (seems like such a long time) there was an article in, I think, the NY Times basically blaming white parents for the fact that black kids (I mean ‘children of color’) were falling behind in school during the pandemic.
During last spring’s school shutdown white parents were taking it upon themselves to organize lessons for their kids and their neighbors’ kids. Because of this, minority children were even further behind. The Time’s advice was basically for white parents to “cut it out!”
Dr. Williams was a national treasure. He will be missed.
At some point it has to dawn on the majority of black Americans that they are being bamboozled by the Democrat Party. .............
Socialism’s objective is to make everyone equally miserable...................
Why couldn’t Walter Williams have been our first black president? So sad to see him go, although he is in a better place. In a sense, much of what he worked for—young blacks becoming educated and joining the mainstream as employed, unhyphenated Americans—is in total eclipse.
God Bless Walter Williams
Great man, great mind.
Mr. Williams always made me smile when he guest-hosted Rush’s show. I will miss hearing: “Black, by popular demand!”
My brother teaches high school at a “really good” district in Michigan.
There’s a student that who is so disruptive during the online classes that the other students presented my brother with a petition to get rid of the student.
He went to the asst. principal and flat out told him to do his job. The idiot principal refused to do anything about it.
Yes, and Ken Hamblin, the Black Avenger, who routinely referred to libs as egg-sucking dogs.
.....Rest in Peace Walter. I totally respected you!
What a shame. We lost a great thinker with Mr. Williams.
Rest in peace
Walter was freaking hilarious. When he sub'ed on Rush's show, he told the audience about the Christmas gifts he'd get for his wife -- like a new apron, new ironing board, or new ice cleats "so she could wash his car in the winter without falling."
LOL, OMG he must have paid for those wise cracks big-time, when he got home. I laughed so hard - and I'm a gal. Hahahahaha!
Will miss him so much, RIP Walter!
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