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[Bob]

While I can certainly understand their having a Spanish translation for hispanic parents, the school has a lot of gall even considering that they might need to provide a simplified version for black parents.

I wonder if the Spanish version was just translated or if it was simplified too.

[HiTech RedNeck]

and the last version was called the “African-American Version”

Was it in Ebonics?

[Dan from Michigan]

Where in the blue hell is the NAACP?

[HaveGunWillTravel]

I was thrown by the appearance of the word "her" before "his" in the phrase "...than by working together to meet her or his education needs."

We are definately living in a new millenium.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Jaxter]

"I know this column went on kind of long, but the African-American Version will be ready soon."

lol

[kcvl]

1. Parent Version
WHAT IS A PARENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM?
You and the teacher share a deep concern for your child’s welfare, and there is no better way to encourage your child’s growth and development than by working together to meet her or his education needs.

African-American Version
WHAT IS A PARENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM?
You and the teacher share a deep concern for your child. There is no better way to encourage your child’s growth than by working together to meet her or his education needs.

Well, it seems the only difference is that they left out some big words. In this case “welfare” and “development”. I think we’ll soon see a pattern….

[TonyS6]

I agree that white liberals love to treat blacks as inferiors (and that any number of black leaders love to reinforce that treatment such as Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc).

But be careful with the statistics. If I test a white poor, rural student from Mississippi against a white private school student from Amherst, the test results will reveal that the Amherst student performs better. No racial implications - its just that economics and culture impact test scores.

So, why do blacks underperform on standardized tests? Well, it could be that blacks are, on average, more stupid than whites. But it could be that blacks have lower income than whites, partly due to racial prejudice and partly due to terrible education. Also, some black writers have lamented about the culture of drugs, violence and instant wealth that has infested inner cities; this is part of the "Why bother?" mentality that many inner city blacks have adopted over the years.

So, what do we do about it? Better education seems like a good answer, but the political realities are such that the programs adopted tend to be demeaning (see original poster's story about NJ or Ted Kennedy's proposed black-speak program [guaranteed to ensure that blacks never fit into society in other than sports or entertainment] or just plain embarrasing (moving away from reading, writing and arithmetic and moving towards black culture, sensitivity training, sexual awareness - I think all of these things have value, but as additional material to the basic education, not as substitutes).

This requires black households to 1) reduce their abandonment problems, 2) reduce teenage pregnancy [and abandonment] and 3) tout education. Liberals never want to address these issues because they would be attacked as racists. But they need to be discussed more so that a solution can be found.

I teach and I understand the concerns of people on this board. However, I have had numerous black students who are every bit as good as my best white students. However, these black students tend to come from more affluent familiies that have escaped the inner city.

So, how do help blacks or hispanics escape the inner city? This is a hard problem that does not lend itself to simple Hillary-type solutions such as give schools more money (that is, give my friends more money so that they can pocket it or give it to their friends). I don't know the answer except to follow the example of Malcolm X (the latter days, not the early "white devil" days) - blacks have to become educated and do it themselves.

But white liberals make it difficult. Take movies for example. Many movies about blacks depict inner-city LA and end up glorifying the power and camaraderie of the gangs? Many of them. We then give Denzel Washington, a very talented actor, an Oscar for probably his worst role - a crooked black cop with power who only screws up when he kills one of those nasty (and white) Russians. I heard kids leaving the theatre saying "I wish I had that job!" Danny Glover, a less-talented actor, is worshipped by the liberals because he says "discrimination" about everything.

The point is that white liberals encourage the race-baiting for their own power base. They have no incentive to actually fix the problems (gee, if blacks succeed, they become Republicans! We better screw this up royally and convince them that we are their friends). This was Bill Clinton's model - can anyone tell me what Clinton did that helped blacks so much OTHER than telling them that he did so much?

[mhking]

Sorry I'm late, I got sick overnight (Baby Lynese is breathing on Daddy, and politely threw up on him Sunday afternoon), and came into the office with six different fires to put out once I finally got in...[sigh]

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[Jim Noble]

Every week it seems there is more evidence of how the white liberal supporters of "affirmative action" view blacks.

I think it is actually starting to hurt the RATs.

[amused]

More nuttiness from my home state. And to think I can relax here in "normal" California.

[amused]

Here is Boortz's talking points discussing the same:

http://www.boortz.com/jan23-03.htm

[MrB]

Just curious.
Was the author's picture provided by the source so that the reader would know that it was a black man that wrote the article?

From my knowledge of this subject, I believe everyone has a right to be outraged.

[OXENinFLA]

I say “was” because the African-American version was removed. It wasn’t removed by racists to deny black parents valuable information available to everyone else. No, it was removed because it was there and what was in it.

They Fail to mention that it was taken down as a direct result of NEAL BOORTZ pointing it out on his show. It was change DURING the time he was talking about it.

[Red Jones]

incredible racism to make a black version.

[Doohickey]

Funny...the black version omits the words "welfare" and "work" anywhere they appear in the parents version.