In a message dated 8/17/2003 10:58:14 AM Central Daylight Time, N.I. Krasnov writes:
> Can the academics - and you - explain how my parent's generation - those who > lived through the Depression - were somehow able to live in poor but safe > neighborhoods, get an education, go on to Brooklyn College, CCNY, and > Brooklyn PolyTech to become successful citizens of this country? > That's sort of like asking me if I am still beating my wife. I never said that poor people can't get an education, go on to college and become successful citizens. I think that the academic achievement gap that exists between whites and blacks and between the poor and the not poor is largely a reflection of unequal access to educational facilities, and that most of the class and racial gap in public K-12 schools can be eliminated by making changes in school policy. I also think that institutionalized racism has always had its broadest and deepest support among the propertied classes. Poor whites and poor blacks have a lot more in common with each other than they do with rich people who look like them. -Doug Mann, King Field TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
