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Reinventing Education for Black Children

posted by martyb on Monday August 22 2016, @08:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the those-who-can,-do dept.

jdavidb writes:

Nikita Bush's career as a public school teacher came to an end when she faced the decision of how to educate her own children. Having been told for years that American public schools would eventually get better for black children, the number of African-American homeschooling parents like Ms. Bush has doubled in little over a decade.

As Patrick Jonsson of the Christian Science monitor reports, studies show all kinds of public school problems disproportionately affect black children, and many parents have decided to take matters into their own hands. Even single parents are forming co-ops to make it possible to educate their children together outside of the public school system.

What do you do when you feel the system is failing your child and their education?

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:17AM (#391512)

    Black Entertainment obviously isn't meant for me, so I won't watch BET. I'll go watch White Entertainment, whatever the hell that is. WET oh yeah I like the sound of that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:41AM (#391517)

    Ah crap, I think I might have to stop watching science fiction. Too many black people I'm not allowed to see. Killjoys is right out because of Hannah John-Kamen, Dark Matter is out because Roger Cross plays a major role (I'll miss him - I've always enjoyed seeing Roger Cross). Oh no I'm not allowed Mr. Robot, either, because of Craig Robinson and Joey Badass. Yep, gonna have to rearrange my whole TV viewing schedule now. Damn it, black folk, why you gotta ruin TV for me.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @10:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @10:57AM (#391552)

      I don't know about the shows you mentioned, but it's okay to watch them if the black characters are just racial stereotypes, like in that Ghostbusters rehash. That's classic old timey white entertainment right there.