I am not familiar enough with New York to have an opinion on whether I would consider Brooklyn to be inner-city but if you have a choice and are raising children there I would suspect not.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:59:59 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went to public school for a while in Brooklyn. There was no horrible > education system stacked against minorities,. There was no social > stratification. There was a bunch of lower income kids in school getting an > education. Some pushed for more, some slacked for less but we all had the > exact same opportunities. > When I went to Brooklyn College due to lack of money to go to something > better (I could have been in MIT), I had to pay almost the full tuition. If > I was a minority (other than Jewish), there would have been other grants I > could have gotten. At that point the education system was stacked against > me. Was there a quota on any of the classes I missed out on? Don't know, but > bottom line was that I did not see the educational and 'set' racism you are > stating. > I think your very much blowing this out of proportion from what was to what > is and generalizing across the entire country. > > >I disagree. > > > > They weren't penalised by a horrible education system. > > They were penalised by the racist social stratification of American > > society. > > > > How do you intend to get 'real' education to minorities with the education > > system stacked against them? > > What are you going to use to effect that goal if not Affirmative Action? > > > > -Gel > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure > > > > I'm pretty sure I did, and Michael added in a statement that is even > > better. > > > > Not to sound like an after school special, but education is the key. > > > > The would-be minority CEOs of today were penalized by a horrible education > > system from decades ago, this system and the things many > > people had to go through took education out of the goals. > > > > If we can get real education to all the people, then only can we actually > > level the playing field. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144796 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
