Interesting note: children with objective disabilities are diagnosed with them at roughly the same rate across all racial groups. Disorders that require subjective assessment are found vastly more often in black and Hispanic children, even when controlling for other factors like geography, poverty, etc.
It is probably rap's fault.
"Subjective" doesn't mean nonexistent. I remember a good TED talk about depression, and the speaker mentioned an experiment where a psychiatrist gave inner-city, ghetto people free treatment for 6 months. A lot of those people went from being absolute deadbeats to significantly turning their lives around. Their lives had sucked so much before they didn't even have a frame of reference to realize there was a problem.
Thus we get the perpetual cycle of abuse associated with "ghetto" families.
It's white peoples' fault, because slavery.
^^^ Seriously, you're going to hear some black person respond with that.
A lot of it is likely due to white privilege. When the teaching staff and administration don't really want to connect with you, you have less mentoring than the white students.
We need to get rid of Klan kulture.
Why does it have to be someone else's fault? Isn't it possible that it's an issue with upbringing, or perhaps a predisposition to a more rebellious behavior?
I find it odd that so many people automatically assume that the problem is external rather than internal.
It can be an issue with upbringing. That's what my example is about. The white students might get access to more of that because the teachers and administrators feel more kinship with them and mentor them, don't punish them disproportionately, etc.. A black parent might need to spend a lot more time than a white parent on upbringing because the white parent can rely on white privilege.
We need to break the cycle of Klan kulture.
I wonder what Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will say about this...
I wonder what Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will say about this...
Advocates long have said get-tough suspension and arrest policies in schools have contributed to a "school-to-prison" pipeline that snags minority students
You are assuming that teachers and administrators spend more time on white students than black students. What do you have to support this or is this speculation?
No, I'm not assuming that even though I'm not sure what type of activities you're referring to. From the article, it seems like they're spending more time on disproportionately punishing the black students though. This Klan Kulture nonsense has to stop.
And the kids listen and respond when administrators and teachers try to assist and well, teach, right? Drop this BS Klan Kulture drivel you're spouting. If they don't want to learn, they won't. Pure and simple.
becuz... Asian privilege!Asian students are doing very well in school, even better than white students in many cases. So much for the "minority students" pathetic excuse. How about going to school to study? Shocking eh?
Dogs have culture?
There are an awful lot of people in this thread and in our society in general who need to brace themselves for a very, very dramatic and thorough refutation of their entire worldview courtesy of rapidly advancing science. More than enough mainstream studies already exist but the ability to keep their implications out of the public discourse is going to be less and less as the number of studies and discoveries mounts, which it does every day.
Biology is destiny, and it looms larger and varies more widely than almost anyone currently imagines.
Here's a good video from an Australian biologist who goes into many of the discoveries which show that absolutely everything about our behavior, tendencies, demeanor, fidelity in marriage... EVERYTHING is biologically influenced.
Culture is biology's bitch. In a very real sense, culture is just another manifestation of biology.
It can be an issue with upbringing. That's what my example is about. The white students might get access to more of that because the teachers and administrators feel more kinship with them and mentor them, don't punish them disproportionately, etc.. A black parent might need to spend a lot more time than a white parent on upbringing because the white parent can rely on white privilege.
We need to break the cycle of Klan kulture.
I find the term "klan Kulture" off putting, and somewhat insulting. The entire point of it is to instill an emotional response through implied racism. So the next question is, why is this my fault? Why is it that I have culpability for a situation I had no part in creating? Why do you believe that white culture is the root of the problem, and black culture is blameless?
Slogans and catch phrases aren't going to provide any solution, and in fact are probably going to exacerbate the situation by diverting attention from the real problem.
Yes. The key phrase is "try to assist and... teach." Klan Kulture prevents being able to empathize with others who are perceived to be from a different demographic and therefore the assist and teach part is forgotten. Rather, it's all about punishment.
Pre-school children should not be suspended. They should be assisted and taught.