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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, @ 07:42 you're saying that b/c black and hispanic males grow up in the situations they are in - poor, in dysfunctional families, etc. they are led to make poor moral choices?  And what exactly holds back their achievement?  I realize that there are institutional forms of racism in America and that these things need to change, but I (a white guy) grew up in a majority Hispanic community and most of those Hispanics seemed to have achieved something in their lives - they were professionals or police officers or fire fighter/EMTs or small business owners. Where are those examples? [/quote]

I didn't say that all minorities don't succeed.

But if you walk into the majority of schools where I've taught you will see most of the AA and Hispanic kids on free and reduced meals.  You can easily examine the data to see a connection btw. absences and race.  You can do a grade analysis and see similar trends - our MINORITY white population excelling, our blacks and Hispanics with poor grades.

sorry if many of you are living in La La Land - But there is an underclass, and while it sickens me to see that white boy being brutally beaten by three black kids, I know that race plays a role.

I hear it all the time.  White kids at my schools are indeed picked on unless they're in upper level classes (and programs like IB) where all kids (all races) are most likely coming from supportive homes with educated parents.

[b]Educated kids would rarely beat the living shit out of another kid.  [/b]

It's a combination of race, poverty, and ignorance, and it's ugly.

And I agree - Where was Obama addressing that incident?  Race aside, it clearly is a violent act involving children.

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Wrong. So totally, unbelievably wrong. Beat downs happen every day in America and it happens to all races. You just don't get a YouTube video to show it.

Also, your "observations" on education and race is faulty. Unless, of course, you've taught in rural and urban populations. I'm guessing no though, right? And smart kids are bullied in schools across America. Stop trying to make it seem like only minorities pick on nerds, because it's simply not true.

And Obama is not going to address school bus beat downs. Stop being petty and ridiculous. [/quote]

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