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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
To be clear on my position, stick a five-year-old in one of the tiny handful of affluent predominately black elementary schools for a few months, then stick him out in a low-performing predominately white school in the sticks for a few months, and I'll guarantee his answers would be reversed. ("Black kids are smart! White kids are mean!")
The sad-but-true fact (at least in Georgia) is that it's just more likely that a white kid is going to be raised in an environment conducive to performing well in school, and it's just more likely that a black kid is going to be raised in an environment conducive to being "mean."
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Sounds pretty simple and the thread pretty was over at post #9
That said, I think things are getting better. But it takes time to build up that infrastructure to change just like any sort of social change. Why aren't there many women/black/etc CEOs, executives, and figures in government? Because it's still a good ol' boys club is part of the answer. But another part is to think about the average CEO- probably 50 or older. 30-50 years ago, you're looking at very different education demographics- a lot less women and minorities in schools. In 50 years, things will be substantially different and still not "fixed" but it's heading in the right direction.
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