Hoosier,
Explain my situation to folks since you know so much about people:
I am an African American woman whose mother was an elementary school teacher that became a principal and whose father is a dentist--both who have been married for over 40 years.
Both my parents have secondary degrees. Everyone in my immediate family have doctorates with the exception of my brother--who is currently working on his Ed.D. and my nephew, who is a baby. In fact my paternal grandfather was a president of a historically black college and university (HBCU) with 16 honorary doctorates before he died. He met FDR personally. My paternal grandmother was a teacher. Everyone on my father side of the family are professionals.
My mother's family was extremely poor, due to the fact that her father was caucasian and had 2 families: one black one in the woods and one white one, publically, in Tate County, Georgia outside of Marrietta. Only one of her brother's has a professional job due to the fact he served in Vietnam twice and he is in law enforcement in Atlanta...
I lived in a predominantly caucasian neighborhood in the 1970's and 1980's. Graduated from a predominantly caucasian high school in the mid-1980's and was accepted to ALL of the University of California schools, mainly Berkeley and Santa Cruz due to affirmative action. But decided to attend Spelman College, another HBCU...
I graduated in 4 years with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology, then in 2.5 years with a Master's of Science in Molecular Biology from San Diego State University. And after some long arduous years, I now have a Doctorate in Molecular Biology from the Joint Doctoral Program of San Diego State University and University of California at San Diego...
I did extremely poorly on the PSAT, SAT and GRE. I could not get a decent percentile rank no matter what Kaplan course I took. However, I could present and articulate my ideas publically and orally without hesitation...
I married an African American man who attended Morehouse College, another HBCU that is across the street from Spelman College, who is a graduate from Louisiana State University Veterinary School. He is also a certified veterinary pathologist and an acting assistant professor at the university where we both are currently working.
His father is a cardiologist and his mother was a teacher until his father rejoined the military as a Col.
What does this mean to you? Well, since it sounds like all African Americans have no respect for education and decide to live poorly and never amount to anything, I guess my question to you is, young man, where are you getting this "information"? It is not like you are going to do anything about it, so why care?
KTSnake, KsigRC and Rudey, you all cannot say ANYTHING in this conversation... This conversation is between Hoosier and me...
And where is DST Chaos when you need her???