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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of cultural reasons why the SAT does not represent AA kids well, but I think one of the primary ones is that very often they receive by liberals too much of a focus on "multicultural lit" rather than other material that would be more rigorous.   Fundamentally those in power and that create the exam still are based on European cultural and textual norms and it is a lot more difficult for kids not in this milieu to score well.  Don't get me wrong, the same issue applies to poor white kids in Appalachia or Hispanic kids in the southwest.  I know having gone to a primarily Hispanic school growing up we did far less rigorous literature  than my peers in the burbs because it was not considered culturally important to my peers.   Well meaning, but pointless if you ask me, if you want to participate with those in power, you have to know what they know. [/quote]

So a kid can read a good newspaper at a library almost every day.  Isn't this the information age?  Cultural reasons my foot.  Overall, AA parents simply don't value education as much as other groups.  I say this as an AA who married an Asian.  My parents, and his parents, valued education highly and taught us to take responsibility for our own, althougn neither family had much money.  I read a huge amount at a local public library.  Foster a love of learning and multicultural lit is no obstacle.

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