“My aim is not to provide excuses for black behavior or to absolve blacks of personal responsibility. But when the new black conservatives accent black behavior and responsibility in such a way that the cultural realities of black people are ignored, they are playing a deceptive and dangerous intellectual game with the lives and fortunes of disadvantaged people. We indeed must criticize and condemn immoral acts of black people, but we must do so cognizant of the circumstances into which people are born and under which they live. By overlooking these circumstances, the new black conservatives fall into the trap of blaming black poor people for their predicament. It is imperative to steer a course between the Scylla of environmental determinism and the Charybdis of a blaming-the-victims perspective.
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— Cornel West (Race Matters)
How Minority Youth Are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis
| National Graduation Rates By Race and Gender | |||
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| By Race/Ethnicity | Nation | Female | Male |
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| American Indian/AK Nat | 51.1 | 51.4† | 47.0† |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 76.8 | 80.0† | 72.6† |
| Hispanic | 53.2 | 58.5 | 48 |
| Black | 50.2 | 56.2 | 42.8 |
| White | 74.9 | 77 | 70.8 |
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| All Students | 68 | 72 | 64.1 |
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Engaging the world………Engaging ourselves……. Community, the cornerstone of America and the backbone of American Life. Harlem,NY…..Chinatown, San Francisco……Little Italy, New York…..These examples of communities may represent racial segregation in some aspect but the also reflect individual- communal self respect and pride. I want my fellow African-American peers to look carefully at the Charts and Statistics above. Study It closely because even if it is not you it affects you. This blog post will not rant about why or how. This post will not have to the information above says enough. Change cant come to America fully until we Change ourselves. African American Men:
African American Women
Remember that these bullet point doesn’t just apply to African Americans……It applies to us all. We must all as a single nation grow wiser and establish truths that we hold as self evident. Believe in yourself and others will follow…..Humility, Integrity, and Value aren’t just words. |
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