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Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.
To clarify,
I did not mean to imply that all kids did not need mentors. Nor did I mean that the mentors needed to be black. Any mentor would be great. I think it would be awesome if young kids could get a mentor of another race who can open their minds to different cultures and ways of thinking. The world would be a much better place. I just meant that the black kids who weren't at the absolute top of the class did not get mentors. To be completely accurate all students who did not spend a lot of time in front of admins (for good or bad) were left out. I distinguished between advanced black kids and others because they did not get any extra attention. Almost every white (or other) kid who showed a little potential was tested for advanced classes, but most of the black kids were not. As it relates to CNN's duh moment that they called Black In America... In black women and the family part of it focused on the education of young black people. In this mediocre coverage of the black woman and the family the idea of mentorship was not explored directly and neither were many other things. The lapses of CNN sparked this discussion which is how my experiences came into play. They relate to CNN because they are the problems of the black woman and the family as well as the black man that were not covered, but could and should have been.
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But the that's the thing in a "Gaussian Distribution" or a "Bell shaped curve". The dunces who act out will get the beat down mentors to save face--think of them like "pre probation officers"... LOL. And the super geniuses who "they" think can make them lots of money will get "coaches" and "counselors"--think of them like Guantanamo Bay interrogators.
To truly mentor Black children takes several types of people. One to be a coach, one to "motivate to accelerate", and one be that mental health worker, etc. But NO ONE DOES that for free and with the breakdown of the Black family, it will not happen anytime soon.
CNN does not comprehend the Black family dynamics. And the goal of the documentary was to give folks a tasting of it is like in the day and life of kneegrows in America. That taste was bitter and foul. The stats were enough. America has problems that need to be fixed. "A country's success is how the least of their countrymen are treated..." (Forgot who said that)
Your other issue of who gets tested and who does not for advance placement classes, that is called the issue of tracking. And tracking usually is ensured by parents who are on it with their kids. If parents are not queued up, then no matter how smart "Johnny" tests, he is not going to get a fair shake. Period. Now parents should not be "helicoptering", but many are and that is how "affirmative action" is done these days...
So, know that your past formed you to who you are today and you have learned to question (which is a good thing, in some cases). But, you also have to search for your own answered by asking direct questions that can be tested by a process, rather than using "circular logic".
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