Entire Sr. Class of All Male, African-Amer. Public School Accepted to 4 Year Colleges

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by agzg

I'm adding a new point:
We all know you're a self important bitch. You still have a lot of learning to do about phrasing your opinions in such a way that you won't get such an immediate and negative thought. If you don't care about that, or prefer to bitch about everyone hating you because you "speak the truth," then you can be on your merry way - just be aware that it's your choice to make.

Well, damn, okay then.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I knew I'd love this thread when I saw who the last few posters were.

Signed,
DrPhil's Side Minion

LOL--and I'm not to blame for the turn of this thread. I'm just riding on coattails after the fact.

Originally Posted by als463

What do you think happened here? I think it is sad that we can't just say that an entire class of public school students has been accepted to a 4 year college. Why do we have to push that it is an "all-male, african-american" group of students.

I don't know many schools (public, to be honest) that have 100% of their students go off to college. Because we phrase it the way it has been phrased, we are making note that we don't think "all-male, african americans" from a public school can make it to college. Why does it have to be a race thing? Why does it have to be a gender thing? If it was an "all-female, caucasian" group of students from a public school, no one would bat an eyelash. Why is that?

By harping on the age and gender, we are saying that african-american males are destined for worse. I get that a great percentage of them go to prison or join gangs (from what the article says) but, that is their own fault. If you end up in prison or join a gang, it isn't because of your race, it is because you made those choices.

Good for these young boys, but I hope they got through school on their own accord and not because the school pushed them through, just so they could say this.

There's a lot of inconsistency in this post.

No, African American males are not destined for worse. People confuse disproportionate involvement in crime, lack of education, and unemployment to imply destiny. For instance, the average African American male is not involved in crime. Therefore, being an African American male is not a "plight" nor is it ridden with hardtimes and negativity.

With that said, personal choices matter but it's more than just personal choices. We are talking about aggregate effects here. But, I sense that I'm typing to a brick wall right now.