Leland F. Jackson wrote: > Until recently there was very little opportunity for blacks, regardless > of intelligence or education, due to discrimination in most workplaces, > so blacks look elsewhere for opportunity where they could compete and > participate. Sport was one area in which blacks were finally allowed to > become successful. Jackie Robinson was the first black allowed to play > major league baseball. Jerry LeVias, a football player for the SMU > Mustangs in Dallas, Texas, was the first black allow into professional > football, so the opportunity for blacks to participate in sports, and > enjoy success, has only happened relatively recently. > > Since blacks were not allowed to participate or compete in the business > arena, there was very little incentive to be smart or well educated, as > it tended to work against the blank man rather than for him. Only > recently have blacks been allow to hold management position as head > coaches of professional football or basketball teams or to move above > the glass ceiling into upper management positions in Corporate America. > > Also, most blacks were raised by poor, mostly uneducated parents who > never had a chance to travel Europe for example or speak proper English, > etc, etc, which is a definite handicap when taking test to measure > whether they fall above or below the American norm. Most of the blacks > come from families that are living at or below the poverty level, which > means they are starting out from a social, economic positions well below > the American norm or average. This is a problem or handicap not easily > overcome. > >
Baltimore inner city school districts (which iirc are predominately black) are allegedly atrocious regardng graduation rates. I think it's perhaps 46%? Terrible. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-06-20-dropout-rates_x.htm http://www3.washingtontimes.com/metro/20070613-113138-6093r.htm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
