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is that black culture just does not emphasize academic achievement

And those black families that do emphasize academic achievement routinely find themselves the brunt of ridicule in many black communities.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"And those black families that do emphasize academic achievement routinely find themselves the brunt of ridicule in many black communities."

Or those families that do emphasize academic achievement are more conservative, don't give a rip what their "community" thinks and won't pay for their kid to get a worthless liberal education at UCLA? :)