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Originally posted by Rudey
Even if what he's saying isn't true, I'd like to know why underfunded schools in areas like NYC that have asian populations with lower incomes manage to send lots of kids to college (and good colleges often) than the black schools. I'm just interested.
-Rudey
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And I think this plays into the idea of white skin privilege. A lot of people operate under the idea that all minorities in the US face the same discrimination regardless of race, which is clearly not true. I think it's pretty clear that the average white American is going to be more intimidated by a black male than an Asian male, and the degree of their fear/intimidation is going to affect how they treat this person.
As we've discussed in other threads, the American historical context of racism versus specific groups is so different (African-American slavery, Native American reservations, Asian-Americans and WW2, etc.) that of course not all groups are going to be affected the same way.
If "throwing money at the schools" isn't the answer, what is? For the record, there have been some very successful efforts in which the "culture" which supposedly doesn't stress education or "success" enough has been overridden by creative and intuitive teachers (the example that comes to mind is a school where a huge number of lower-class Hispanic immigrants learned calculus and did well on the AP calc tests). I don't think that's an issue of money, though, just of method. But money is an easier solution than going out and finding more incredibly dedicated, incredibly talented teachers -- and money can certainly help with finding those people. But that's got more to do with education than it does with the topic at hand.