[aruanan]

In the black community it is not cool to learn, You are made fun of if you make an effort to learn, do the homework assignments, and participate in class. The leaders of the black community never step up to the mike and state the real problem in the black community. The last, and current generation is lost. I see nothing but drug addicts, and criminals coming out of that community.

Your problem is in seeing "that community" as monolithic. It is not. There are many places where it is cool to learn and kids are not disparaged for trying to do their best. Mostly those are non-public schools. I think that underlying all such pessimism, though, is the myth of black incompetence that was maintained by both slave-holding society and by abolitionists for their own separate reasons. The growth in economic well-being by black Americans post WWII was the greatest of any ethnic group. Then it came to a screeching halt in the 1960s as liberals in the federal government tried to lure the poor, especially black, by handouts into being their own private voting block.

[devane617]

Of course there are exceptions. Here in my community all students are required to learn without excuse. We have problems, but not like the metro school system a few miles south. Your implication that I see the black community as "monolithic" is incorrect. I see it for what it is -- a very, very, troubled community that does not appear to be getting better, no matter how much of our tax money is poured into it. The facts are the facts. Maybe it is your view of "that community" that is providing the excuses need to continue the downward spiral.