White Families Are Engines Of Inequality

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is sending children to private school hoarding wealth or even related to school segregation?

Self segregation counts too.

The small private school my children attended is more culturally diverse than public schools in the region.

Your child is completely surrounded by wealthy kids. There might be one or two on scholarship but please stop this insipid retort.

[Anonymous]

Inequality is a good motivator.

[Anonymous]

"There has been a collapse in intergenerational mobility: in contrast to their parents and grandparents, children today in the UK as in the US have very little expectation of improving upon the condition into which they were born. The poor stay poor. Economic disadvantage for the overwhelming majority translates into ill health, missed educational opportunity, and—increasingly—the familiar symptoms of depression: alcoholism, obesity, gambling, and minor criminality."

In other words, there’s evidence that rising inequality and many other intractable social problems are related. Not only is rising inequality bad for business, it’s bad for society, too.

[Anonymous]

That's what drove me to school. I hated having to scrape by while waiting for my next check.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are two directions from which you can close the gap: from the top and from the bottom.

It's better from the bottom. I taught in a school in the projects. Some kids were encouraged at home and others were not. Those who are encouraged have a much easier time. It starts at home.

In school, here are some ways to improve your child's success:
1. Be sure your child goes to school every day. That's important.
2. Support the teacher. Do not criticize the teacher in front of your child.
3. Be sure your child eats properly.
4. Put your child in bed on time.
5. Be sure your child does his homework. Don't do it for him, but sit with him, if needed--and you are able to do so.
6. Do not ever tell your child he is dumb.
7. Read to your children from the time they are small. And, continue to read to and with them as they get older.

Of course, I understand that poor people have more of a struggle--but none of these suggestions require a lot of money. They do require time and attention. No school can make up the difference. Teachers can try--but, it's much tougher for your child to succeed.

Minorities have less access to children’s books. There are tons of inequities from day one.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal

Why is being concerned about racism somehow anti-white?

Less access? Huh?

Maybe quit smoking and put that $10/pack towards books for your toddlers.

+1

Kid's books can literally be obtained *for free*, if people simply ask for them.

Free.

FREE !


https://freekidsbooks.org


If your kids can’t read, then it’s your own gawdamned fault. Stop blaming white people because you were too lazy to ask for something free to help your child learn to read.

They don’t know who to ask!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is: get a job.

I agree. This is exactly the problem, wage stagnation. What's the solution?

The solution is to work hard so that you are qualified for a better job. If your goal is to work as a cashier at McD for all of your career, it's going to be hard to earn a living wage. That is a starter job or a second income job. It's not intended to be a career.

Oh, I see. You don't know what wage stagnation means.

Nevermind.

Right. It's difficult to improve your situation when you have mouths to feed. So let's raise and fix wages for these jobs.

Maybe if you can’t support mouths to feed you shouldn’t have them. If you are limited in your earning potential and cannot support a family, don’t have a family.

Don’t you understand the barriers to that flippant idea? Erin and Keisha. Both pregnant. Unmarried. Erin is on a gap year finding herself before college. Keisha is also just out of high school. Working at McDonalds. She hopes to go to nursing school at the community college. Erin calls her mom and has an appointment for an abortion before the week is up. Keisha asks some friends. They say call planned parenthood. She gets an appointment. Her moms car broke down. Gets on the bus. She’s late. Clinic is closed. Can’t go tomorrow has to work. Calls back. Needs a paystub and ID to get a sliding scale price that she can barely afford. Doesn’t have her license. $30 and another long bus ride to the DMV. her mom can’t find her birth certificate. And on and on. Next August Erin goes to a private LAC. Keisha keeps working at McDonald’s and hoping she can get babysitters for her baby so she doesn’t miss too many shifts.

And the cycle repeats itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two directions from which you can close the gap: from the top and from the bottom.

It's better from the bottom. I taught in a school in the projects. Some kids were encouraged at home and others were not. Those who are encouraged have a much easier time. It starts at home.

In school, here are some ways to improve your child's success:
1. Be sure your child goes to school every day. That's important.
2. Support the teacher. Do not criticize the teacher in front of your child.
3. Be sure your child eats properly.
4. Put your child in bed on time.
5. Be sure your child does his homework. Don't do it for him, but sit with him, if needed--and you are able to do so.
6. Do not ever tell your child he is dumb.
7. Read to your children from the time they are small. And, continue to read to and with them as they get older.

Of course, I understand that poor people have more of a struggle--but none of these suggestions require a lot of money. They do require time and attention. No school can make up the difference. Teachers can try--but, it's much tougher for your child to succeed.

Minorities have less access to children’s books. There are tons of inequities from day one.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal

Why is being concerned about racism somehow anti-white?

Less access? Huh?

Maybe quit smoking and put that $10/pack towards books for your toddlers.

+1

Kid's books can literally be obtained *for free*, if people simply ask for them.

Free.

FREE !


https://freekidsbooks.org


If your kids can’t read, then it’s your own gawdamned fault. Stop blaming white people because you were too lazy to ask for something free to help your child learn to read.

They don’t know who to ask!!!!

Bullshit!!!!


I typed “free kid’s books” into BING and got dozens of results. That was one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So white privilege is or isn’t a thing?

Nope.

American privilege IS a BIG thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is: get a job.

I agree. This is exactly the problem, wage stagnation. What's the solution?

The solution is to work hard so that you are qualified for a better job. If your goal is to work as a cashier at McD for all of your career, it's going to be hard to earn a living wage. That is a starter job or a second income job. It's not intended to be a career.

Oh, I see. You don't know what wage stagnation means.

Nevermind.

Right. It's difficult to improve your situation when you have mouths to feed. So let's raise and fix wages for these jobs.

Maybe if you can’t support mouths to feed you shouldn’t have them. If you are limited in your earning potential and cannot support a family, don’t have a family.

Don’t you understand the barriers to that flippant idea? Erin and Keisha. Both pregnant. Unmarried. Erin is on a gap year finding herself before college. Keisha is also just out of high school. Working at McDonalds. She hopes to go to nursing school at the community college. Erin calls her mom and has an appointment for an abortion before the week is up. Keisha asks some friends. They say call planned parenthood. She gets an appointment. Her moms car broke down. Gets on the bus. She’s late. Clinic is closed. Can’t go tomorrow has to work. Calls back. Needs a paystub and ID to get a sliding scale price that she can barely afford. Doesn’t have her license. $30 and another long bus ride to the DMV. her mom can’t find her birth certificate. And on and on. Next August Erin goes to a private LAC. Keisha keeps working at McDonald’s and hoping she can get babysitters for her baby so she doesn’t miss too many shifts.

And the cycle repeats itself.

You can get condoms for free and very low cost bc pills if necessary. As a woman you have so much to lose if you get pregnant so why risk it? Either don't have sex or use 2 forms of bc if you do EVERY time. Hasn't this been drilled into kids heads at public school by now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is sending children to private school hoarding wealth or even related to school segregation?

Self segregation counts too.

The small private school my children attended is more culturally diverse than public schools in the region.

Your child is completely surrounded by wealthy kids. There might be one or two on scholarship but please stop this insipid retort.

(1) PP specified *cultural* diversity, not economic diversity, so your reflexive retort doesn’t make sense.

(2) That private schools are culturally diverse helps make the case that the problem of economic inequality is not a simple matter of whites vs. non-whites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is: get a job.

I agree. This is exactly the problem, wage stagnation. What's the solution?

The solution is to work hard so that you are qualified for a better job. If your goal is to work as a cashier at McD for all of your career, it's going to be hard to earn a living wage. That is a starter job or a second income job. It's not intended to be a career.

Oh, I see. You don't know what wage stagnation means.

Nevermind.

Right. It's difficult to improve your situation when you have mouths to feed. So let's raise and fix wages for these jobs.

Maybe if you can’t support mouths to feed you shouldn’t have them. If you are limited in your earning potential and cannot support a family, don’t have a family.

Don’t you understand the barriers to that flippant idea? Erin and Keisha. Both pregnant. Unmarried. Erin is on a gap year finding herself before college. Keisha is also just out of high school. Working at McDonalds. She hopes to go to nursing school at the community college. Erin calls her mom and has an appointment for an abortion before the week is up. Keisha asks some friends. They say call planned parenthood. She gets an appointment. Her moms car broke down. Gets on the bus. She’s late. Clinic is closed. Can’t go tomorrow has to work. Calls back. Needs a paystub and ID to get a sliding scale price that she can barely afford. Doesn’t have her license. $30 and another long bus ride to the DMV. her mom can’t find her birth certificate. And on and on. Next August Erin goes to a private LAC. Keisha keeps working at McDonald’s and hoping she can get babysitters for her baby so she doesn’t miss too many shifts.

And the cycle repeats itself.

Except more black women have abortions than white women. By a lot.

https://www.guttmacher.org/infographic/2017/abortion-rates-race-and-ethnicity

2017 abortions per 100,000 women

Black 27.1
Hispanic 18.1
Other non Hispanic 16.3
White 10

So black women have double and almost triple the abortions that white women do.

[Anonymous]

What about UMC black families? They deserted DC schools even more so than white families at this point. I know many UMC black families and none will consider a DCPS outside of Shepard or west of the park. All go private or move to rich enclaves of PG or Howard County. Are they hoarding resources? And quite frankly from what I read on the school board, our EoTP title 1 school has more eapurces, smaller class sizes (with full time aids) and five specials a week and 195 min of PE—which means we are better resources than WoTP and the PTA doesn’t fund any of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about UMC black families? They deserted DC schools even more so than white families at this point. I know many UMC black families and none will consider a DCPS outside of Shepard or west of the park. All go private or move to rich enclaves of PG or Howard County. Are they hoarding resources? And quite frankly from what I read on the school board, our EoTP title 1 school has more eapurces, smaller class sizes (with full time aids) and five specials a week and 195 min of PE—which means we are better resources than WoTP and the PTA doesn’t fund any of it.

+1.

Wealthy black families are the worst. They just hoard affirmative action benefits while ignoring everyone else

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is: get a job.

I agree. This is exactly the problem, wage stagnation. What's the solution?

Improve your skills.

Get off your ass.

Hustle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is: get a job.

I agree. This is exactly the problem, wage stagnation. What's the solution?

The solution is to work hard so that you are qualified for a better job. If your goal is to work as a cashier at McD for all of your career, it's going to be hard to earn a living wage. That is a starter job or a second income job. It's not intended to be a career.

Oh, I see. You don't know what wage stagnation means.

Nevermind.

Right. It's difficult to improve your situation when you have mouths to feed. So let's raise and fix wages for these jobs.

It's a woman's right to have as many abortions as she wants.

If she can't feed the mouths, don't have the children.