Posted on 08/28/2003 10:34:18 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Florida office of the NAACP yesterday filed a federal complaint over the state's use of scholastic assessment tests, saying the state must first provide a quality education before denying students diplomas and grade promotion for failing the exams.
It claims Florida provides a "racially segregated and unequal education system" that has been "preserved, perpetuated and re-established in current policies and practices in the state."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Therein lies the problem. If blacks in this country, as a group, become better educated, more informed, and less concerned with what the gummint is handing out then the liberals are gonna be out of a job.
So long as the po' black folk needs da gummint handout to survive, and the gummint affirmative action to advance, then the left is in no danger of losing votes.
Poverty=job security for Democrats.
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