Then, the ones that do get blessed because of quotas to enter into prestigious institutions of higher learning flunk out after a year. And, they then quit rather than applying to a smaller school where they might succeed. Walter Williams pointed this out several years ago.
"It will not change until there is a shift in the so-called 'black culture' that puts value on education. Right now they think that 'whitey's' learning is not for them, so they condem themselves to a subpar existence."
That's what the media tells you, the media's portrayal of the black community is an atrocity. There's no "so-called" to the "black culture", it exists just like the Irish culture in Boston and the Italian culture in NYC. It's just a community thing. The black culture, if you look beyond the media, is actually a positive, vibrant community, full of people just like everyone else, who want to succeed, raise a family, get a decent career, pursue happiness. The thug culture that the media loves to throw in our faces is one of the most blatant forms of racism I can think of, they try to portray the entire black population as being low life ganstas and ghetto princesses.
I dated a conservative black woman for 3 years. Ivy league educated, motivated, talented, and she had a multitude of friends from the same "so called" black community who were just as successful. We talked about these issues. I never, ever, ever heard anything referred to as "whitey", nor did I hear education talked negatively about, if anything, they're just as mad at how big a failure public schools are, and how they're a huge negative influence on young black kids, they get indoctrinated early that they cannot succeed without some white, middle class c student with a liberal arts degree to making it happen for them.
Trust me, you are mischaracterizing the black community in a horrific way, if you believe what you do. Yes, there are thug types, gang members, ghetto princesses, what have you, but they are not the majority of the community, they're just the ones the media loves to spotlight. There are millions of hard working black men and women in this country who care about their kids, make them work hard, and succeed, but you never hear about them, because the media and the government don't want you to.
Yes, the black community has problems, trust me, they're just as aware and just as frustrated, and don't have clue one how to change it, but they're trying. I learned a lot from my ex, and her family and friends, and it's not so cut and dried as you and the media make it out to be. Maybe if we all stop assuming all blacks "hate whitey" and start showing their success....nah, Jerry Springer won't have a show, then! If we start talking about how the black community is succeeding, then the Federal Money might dry up, and millions of liberals in the social programs might have to get a real job! We can't have that, now can we?
As for lower enrollment at UCLA, I'd say it probably has to do more with UCLA becoming more of a "party" school (and an expensive one at that). A couple of college bound black kids I talked to regularly were more interested in Yale or USC or other schools, UCLA has lost a lot of it's glamour. Also, a lot of kids who'd normally get a sports scholarship are being seduced to others schools, or bypassing college and going straight to the majors. It could also be too that it's a valley in the chart, maybe there's a huge glut of black college kids coming in 5 years. But, i guess when it's Federally mandated, we have to cram kids in there, regardless of merit or choice.