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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such foolishness…in the 1980s my African-American mother was very clear that I was never to measure myself against black folks or white folks because the academic performance of both was abysmal to mediocre, certainly nothing to aspire too. Luckily we lived in a college town and several of the very few Asians (at the time) in my hometown attended Saturday math classes at the university, which my mom had me join from elem through middle. She was never explicit about it, but she was certainly communicating that [i]these[/i] are the kids/families you need to be emulating, at least academically. Yes, my parents, both of whom grew up dirt poor in the Jim Crow south, were “uppity” like that, and thank God they were. [/quote] I like this story. [/quote]
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