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[quote=Anonymous]I'll add a reminder of what slavery and recent discrimination laws did to the education system.

My mom, an AA teacher, went to a segregated HIGH school where she had to use outdated books from the white MIDDLE school.  She was not prepared in the least for college, started behind and had to work very hard to catch up  (which she regrets she wasn't able to do).

All of my 6 aunts were also teachers (the only professional career for most AAs at the time).

They all talk about how terrible their education was, but at least they had a chance (even though they were behind).

However, there were plenty of folks caught up in the Jim Crow laws and other horrible policies to ensure AAs were not able to get a good education.  This was fairly recent folks.

The children today are descendants of many of these folks. 
Yes... poverty, a culture of "getting by," consumerism, etc.  all came from a time when politicians worked hard to prevent AAs from getting a good educations.

Let's face it, the policies put in place to correct the effects of this have not worked.

Finland and other countries are not dealing with these deep rooted psychological issues.

In DC in particular, you have lots of social problems that were engineered as such. They need to be addressed before we're able to move forward.

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