[summer]

BTW, this took a lot of guts to say, and I hope some black leaders were listening:

The achievement gap has been caused in significant part, he said, "by black folks not caring about their own."

[LarryLied]

That line did get cheers. But I believe not caring is not nearly the whole story. Blacks were trusting. Democrats did see they got good jobs in government, liberals did say all the right things. The idea Democrats would put unions above the welfare of black kids was unthinkable. But it is not unthinkable anymore. Black parents know it is true.