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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because there are not many blacks at TJ doesn’t mean that there aren’t many smart black students in FCPS. This is totally SES and cultural. We used to live in Alexandria/Springfield and there was an African immigrant population whose parents cared very much for their children’s education. I was actually really surprised at how many black kids were at kumon. My very Americanized Asian kid moaned and groaned and we ended our kumon contract as soon as we could get out.

Indians are often darker skinned than Hispanics and African Americans.

I feel like Indians are the most discriminated against. I mean their skin is as dark as blacks yet they are never included in race as brown people.[/quote]

It's all about what you/they see yourself as relative to others.  Do you think you are somehow intellectually inferior to the "standard" (as in whites)?  Ask any Indian that question and the answer will be a strong No.  They would actually be offended that you ask that question.   If any other race truly believes that they are not inferior but the outcomes don't match their expectations, then there's probably an effort gap that needs to be addressed.

As a general rule, intelligence is equally distributed across races.  Sure, the tails of the normal curve may be fatter or thinner in some populations or the mean may be a bit higher/lower but not enough to make a real difference on average.  Everyone needs to internalize this and then look at successful families that are not your race (who you think are comparable to you intellectually), see why their outcomes are better than yours, and address that gap.  Once you do this at the family level, find other like-minded families and try to do this at a community level.  Very soon, negative perceptions associated with your community will begin to change.  Think of how African immigrants were perceived about 20 years ago compared to now.  There is a distinct difference in how society perceives native African Americans vs African immigrants.  How do you think that happened?

No government hand out or law can fix this..[/quote]

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