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Is African boarding school the answer for Indiana's inner-city kids?
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Anonymous
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http://www.indystar.com/article/20091116/NEWS04/911160367/Is-African-boarding-school-the-answer-for-inner-city-kids
Would this really work? I think it might be better to reach kids at a younger age and maybe integrate them with Ghanaian (?) families for structure to make a lasting change. |
Anonymous
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maybe ship inner city hispanicsd back to central america too?
And white minneapolis meth-heads to sweden? |
Anonymous
| Bizarre. It reminds me of an article that came out recently about how (I think the UK?) would send poor kids to Australia for a "better life". It turns out they were often abused far from home. I think it's always a bad idea to send kids away from family and their country. |
Anonymous
| are black american families so broken that this is a credible solution? sad what 4 decades of the welfare state has wrought. |
Anonymous
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There is always benefit to cultural exchange programs. However, this is not the way to improve on a situation. Americans need to face our own problems head on.
With the same argument, I could send middle class White children to Norway to learn to be more peaceful, and more socialist. Every demographic in this coutry could benefit from exposure to another culture. Let's be real. |
Anonymous
I don't think it's the family's fault so much as the neighborhood. The exposure to drugs, violence, rap and the culture that comes with it.... these are the things these kids need to escape. |
Anonymous
| I read about the school in Laikipia when it was still active and my understanding was that being in an environment where racism was not a real issue was liberating. Another benefit was that the kids were the "haves" rather than the "have nots" and the depths of poverty made an impression on them. However, I think the school were able to enforce much stricter discipline than would be allowed in US public schools. I don't pretend to be an expert on the implications of that, but the results were pretty impressive. |
Anonymous
| Gosh just sending them 30 minutes outside of Gary would probably do wonders. A few days on a farm might really help a lot of these kids. |
Anonymous
| If people think racism isn't an issue in Africa, they are either deluded or completely ignorant. |
Anonymous
This is 10:43. How much time have you spent in Laikipia? If you think it remotely compares to here, on a day-to-day basis, walking around the town, then *you* are either deluded or ignorant, not to mention obnoxious. |
Anonymous
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I recently watched a documentary on something similar that was done for inner city kids in Baltimore. It changed their outlook on education, and in such an environment thrived (after some difficulties).
The only thing is why do they not explore the local african culture more. Do they think that it is not worth exploring? Or do they? Did the documentary makers just not mention this? I do not know if I am missing something |
Anonymous
?? by what accounts are the families in this program 4 decade old welfare recipients? Why do you not mention a centuries of slavery, and racial discrimination as well. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Some people can't grasp the concept that although slavery ended long ago, the "black community" (as well as the entire nation, to a degree) is still affected by it. |
Anonymous
Most families on welfare are white. |
Anonymous
well I would think so given the population numbers, but as a percentage unfortunately it is much much higher in the AA community. |