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Originally posted by ktsnake
Much of what I hear from minorities as far as complaints about inequality sound like whining. However, when it comes to schools, if a kid wants to have a good education, they should be afforded that opportunity! To stick them in a failing school and let them wither on the vine is cruel, unfair and sick. If they and their parents want to choose to use those vouchers to attend a religious school, fine. Catholic schools (and others) offer pretty damned good educations.
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So, a member of a minority group can't complain about inequality without being
whiny? Why can't schools be
improved instead of giving up on them with voucher programs?
I guess I, being a member of a minority group who went to one of the best public high schools in the state, a school that currently has alumni enrolled in each Ivy, MIT, Chicago, Stanford, Georgetown and Caltech--can't complain about how my less fortunate cousins don't have the access to the same education. They don't have that access because of the neighborhood I grew up in and the differences in what our fathers did for a living.
Basically, everyone--regardless of socioeconomic status--should have access to a quality public education. It should be our top priority. Instead, due to certain attitudes, we're just as segregated in some ways as before Brown v. Board.