Originally posted by Pantallica1
How do you figure that the average black student comes out of the worst school system in the nation?

Thats about the biggest generalization I have ever seen. You're assuming that just because they are black they go through a bad school system. Not hardly.

Where are the highest concentrations of the worst schools?

Inner city school districts; almost always black districts.

The world today is geared towards helping the less fortunate. Well it was, until G.W. Just because there are a few bad school districts, that are prodominently black, doesn't mean anything. There are plenty of bad school districts for whites and other minorities.

Not nearly as many.

Check this: http://nces.ed.gov/das/epubs/2002170/footnotes_es.asp

Paragraph 3.

The average white male's salary is $61,000. Black male? $53,000.

That's hardly SIGNIFICANTLY less.

(By the way if you're going to say about the women, its White Woman = $48,000, Black woman= $46,000)

A). There's no mention (that I noticed) of how the statistics were calculated - this could change the results significantly.
B). Black kids are much more likely to have single parents which compounds financial problems.
C). Black families tend to be larger than white families.
D). $8,000 a year is a HUGE difference in income where I come from.

Sure, there are poor black kids, but there are also poor white kids, and asian kids, and muslim kids, and arab kids. It's a part of life. I don't think that just because they are black, or white or asian or green or purple , they should get a free ride.

I don't know how I'm going to pay all of my bills this month. I have to replace my van and I can't find a way to make payments on a new(er) vehicle. I can't afford for the van to break down again.

That said, I could be enrolled into a fairly decent college next semester with all kinds of financial aid - all I'd have to do is get off my ass and get some applications in.

If you're (by "you're" I don't neccessarily mean you) seriously worried about losing a job or a place at college because you're white and you think a minority is likely to get "your" slot because of their color, you're pretty much destined for a career at Walmart anyway. Really. Anybody that mediocre is going to waste their degree.