Only 47% of Black Males graduate high school

Discussion in 'In the News' started by Iggy, Aug 23, 2010.

  1. GFunk

    GFunk Well-Known Member

    I saw a program like that a couple weeks ago.
     
  2. SmoothDaddy101

    SmoothDaddy101 Well-Known Member

    Damn shame black people can't accept the truth coming from one another, but all ears when it comes from a WW.
     
  3. karmacoma.

    karmacoma. Well-Known Member

    Or a WM, for that matter. Seen it time and time again.
     
  4. SmoothDaddy101

    SmoothDaddy101 Well-Known Member

    That's why black people are pretty much extinct.
     
  5. karmacoma.

    karmacoma. Well-Known Member

    Disagree black people are extinct, but the black "community" is, IMO.
     
  6. SmoothDaddy101

    SmoothDaddy101 Well-Known Member

    Should have worded it differently. The crack baby generation put the final nail in the coffin.
     
  7. karmacoma.

    karmacoma. Well-Known Member

    LMAO it is pretty much catch as catch can out here.
     
  8. SmoothDaddy101

    SmoothDaddy101 Well-Known Member

    These young cats are to blind to see that, but to be fair, it ain't their fault.
     
  9. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    So I guess schools stop having books there huh. What's sad is for all the disadvantages we supposedly have it comes from a lack of resources but instead of investing in computers and books niggas want jordans and xboxs
     
  10. SmoothDaddy101

    SmoothDaddy101 Well-Known Member

    You said it, not me. :smt081
     
  11. karmacoma.

    karmacoma. Well-Known Member

    Why you think Oprah opened her school in South Africa instead of Chicago?
     
  12. Iggy

    Iggy Banned

    I'm calling bullshit on this. I highly doubt this is remotely true that he assigned grades based on race. I am willing to bet that the asians scored the highest was because they studied the most, did their homework and their parents make academics a big time priority. Asian famalies are traditionally VERY strict and if an asian kid doesnt even get straight As then he brings shame to the family. Pretty harsh but thats the case a lot of the times.

    And lmao at some of the brothas on here making pathetic excuses. Yeah I do agree that a lot of public schools in America are subpar BUT come on! Personal responsibility goes a loooong way. Remember, you CAN control your life and take it in the right direction. All this feelin sorry for yourself/victim mentality isnt productive.

    A lot of these dropouts have only themselves to blame. Also, parents need to step up bigtime.
     
  13. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    Wow at least someone gets it
     
  14. reggie2k8

    reggie2k8 New Member

    How are black females given more of a chance? I do agree that black men are shitted on by society but so are black women. Black boys are given all the same opportunities that black girls are, but alot have this unrealistic view that they will be a famous rapper or athlete. I don't really see it getting any better until individuals decide that they want to break this horrific cycle.
     
  15. reggie2k8

    reggie2k8 New Member

    I just have a hard time believing stuff like this actually went down. Maybe it did, but I doubt. But I think some people are so into black dudes that will make all the excuses in the world for them. I would say 90% of what is wrong with the black community is the result of black people's own actions. You have immigrants that come to this country dirt poor and still make something out of themselves. In fact you can look at Africans and Carribean blacks as evidence. They are some of the most educated people in this country.

    Educational Attainment
    "Africans have the highest educational attainment rates of any immigrant group in the United States. Estimates indicate that a significant percentage of black students at elite universities are African or the children of African immigrants, a notable example of this is Barack Obama.

    In an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Journal of Blacks in higher education, African immigrants to the United States were found more likely to be college educated than any other immigrant group, other than Asians. African immigrants to the U.S. are also more highly educated than any other native-born ethnic group including white Americans. Some 48.9 percent of all African immigrants hold a college diploma. This is slightly less than the percentage of Asian immigrants to the U.S., nearly double the rate of native-born white Americans, and nearly four times the rate of native-born African Americans.[9]

    In 1997, 19.4 percent of all adult African immigrants in the United States held a graduate degree, compared to 8.1 percent of adult white Americans and 3.8 percent of adult black Americans in the United States, respectively.[10] This information suggests that America has an equally large achievement gap between whites and African/Asian immigrants as it does between white and black Americans."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States

    How is it that they can succeed in this "oh so racist country that wants to keep the black man down"? Do you honestly think that the white man wants Asians to do well and but not blacks. The answer is no. If you are in power you want to hold everybody down to stay in power.
     
  16. chicity

    chicity New Member

    @Iggy and @reggie2k8

    You guys are hilarious. So a White Woman delivers the truth about her experience in an 85% Black high school in Chicago. And you guys call bullshit. Why? Cause she's White? While you're on a White Woman / Black Men message board? Man. If White Women and Black Men can't find common ground on what actually happened, then wtf?

    I'm totally scratching my head. You dudes call bullshit. Wow. I wouldn't choose yall to be on my team. Not fighting White racists, not even fighting Black Women while they're tearing down the image of Michael Jordan or Russell Simmons. Because you guys would call bullshit when somebody delivered you the message.

    I went to the same high school as Chicity. The school was 85% Black. Yes, the Algebra teacher by the name of Mr. Lilly would grade based upon race. He was a Black Man. I could not, as a Black Man understand why I was having a hard time in the class. Why the Asian and White kids were having an easy time. And the Hispanic kid who was sitting next to me, I was like "How are you doing this, how are you figuring this stuff out?" He would give me a vague answer. Basically like "Well, it just comes to me". I didn't figure it out until Chicity explained to me that she was getting good grades in the same very class.

    And I was tutoring HER.

    That BLACK MALE TEACHER told me to my young assed face that I should just transfer out of the class. Because I was never going to do well in it.

    Now everything Black in me told me "No, keep fighting!" But once me & Chicity put 2 and 2 together, I transfered the hell out. But by then it was too late. I still had to take the class over in summer school. And it was a hot summer. They don't air condition the schools in the summer time. But I had an Asian Teacher by the name of Mr. Chu. Everybody all year were talking about how amazing Mr Chu was and how awesome he was. That summer is when I learned that I really didn't have a problem doing math. That algebra was as easy as everyone else was saying it was.

    This shit hurt my heart. So don't tell me about frickin personal responsibility. Because that was a Black Man who was doing that shit.

    And the other teacher was a Black Woman by the name of Ms Flores. She also taught algebra and advanced algebra. She gave the girls an easy time. She graded and taught her class based upon children's popularity.

    So how quick are you going to call bullshit now?


    Now let's see if you can put 2 and 2 together. Yall will probably end up with 3.
     
  17. flaminghetero

    flaminghetero Well-Known Member

    You're calling bullshit because you're a dress-wearin' bitch.

    Chi has better things to do than make up bullshit for your gelded ass.
     
  18. flaminghetero

    flaminghetero Well-Known Member

    :smt038

    You just shitted on their sorry asses.
     
  19. flaminghetero

    flaminghetero Well-Known Member

    Now I know you're a Black female.
     
  20. flaminghetero

    flaminghetero Well-Known Member

    Get rid of hip-hop and the schools still ain't shit...........fool.

    Stop blaming Black people and blame the people that FORCE THEM BY LAW to atttend the shittiest schools in the developed world..!!!!

    You better stop worrying about Black Americans and focus on those INDIANS that will SOON make you a beggar in your own Country..:smt078
     
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2010

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