I just found this article as I was scanning the news.
I will look for more on EdEquity and present it later.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
BlackNews.com - EDEquity Inc. Goes To Canada to Close the Achievement Gap For Black Students
BlackNews.com - EDEquity Inc. Goes To Canada to Close the Achievement Gap For Black Students
Monday, May 3, 2010
Acting White: Harvard Law Student Kicks Up Racial Ruckus
Acting White: Harvard Law Student Kicks Up Racial Ruckus
The debate must be allowed to happen. All of the factors must be taken into account. The socio-economic circumstances, the historical facts (including African History) all need to be shown the light of day before we can settle this debate once and for all.
Personally I believe that there are some powerful actors in this saga that don't want the true details to come out . IMO this is the reason that every time something controversial is expressed regarding the intelligence of African American (these days), they mussle and/or villify those who have these thoughts. This reaction will not change the beliefs of anyone, it will just drive the expression of those beliefs beneath the surface, where they smolder until they can be released in a quite possibly much more destructive manner.
I don't believe I need to be too graphic, we only need to look back 60 or 70 years (1 or so generation) to get a picture of what the American public is capable of at home.
Projects such as Urban Prep Charter School, Children's Defense Fund and The Harlem Children's Zone are shining examples of what results when effort is put on educating rather than incarcerating young Black people. We all have to get in the struggle and increase the awareness and number of such institutions. The motivation needn't be to prove to white folks that African Americans are as intelligent as anyone in the world, we only need to prove it to ourselves, then it will be evident to everyone else.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Black Youth and Modern Mis-Education
I found this article among my facebook suggestions and thought I'd like to share it. This article is on the topic of the broken education system and it's affect on African American youth, especially males. I hope you'll read it and reflect on the contents of the article. It's from a site called Mybrotha.com. There seem to be many other interesting articles and a forum as well. I believe it's worth exploring this site.
The Makings of Modern Mis-Education
(Mybrotha.COM) - Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month and second Black PhD to graduate from Harvard, wrote the acclaimed The Mis-Education of the Negro way back in 1933. In the 1940s, psychologist Kenneth Clark’s "Doll Test," demonstrated that Black children were being psychologically conditioned to yearn and favor the looks of White people at the expense of self-dislike. His critical findings were cited during Brown vs. Board of Education when the Supreme Court desegregated schools in 1954.
Here we are, decades removed and Dr. Woodson’s book is still widely sold and studied, while Black children are still predisposed to view White dolls as "prettier and nicer" with hair that’s "better" than Black dolls. Educationally, we face ever-dismal challenges where Black children enter kindergarten a full year behind Whites; by high school the gap extends to 4 to 5 years; and 58 percent of Black males don’t even graduate high school.
Princeton researchers recently published a 7-year study, concluding that a 20-year "Manhattan Project-effort" is necessary to close today’s education and economic gaps of racial inequality. Just so you’ll know, the original Manhattan Project was a massive pursuit, costing the equivalent of $22 billion and comprising thousands of scientists who developed the A-Bomb in 1945 to nuke Japan into a crisp. So, to infer this same category of endeavor, speaks to the comparative enormity of the challenge.
There's good reason for skepticism since Black kids who dropout commonly say "classes aren’t interesting." And as far back as my childhood in the 1960s, "Acting White" has been a tagline used by Black kids to ridicule those who academically excel. Naturally, adults respond by saying, "there’s nothing White about being smart." Although this is absolutely true, it absolutely misses the point and fails to address the sociopolitical and mis-educational factors that confound young minds to misconstrue smartness with Whiteness.
continue reading
The Makings of Modern Mis-Education
(Mybrotha.COM) - Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month and second Black PhD to graduate from Harvard, wrote the acclaimed The Mis-Education of the Negro way back in 1933. In the 1940s, psychologist Kenneth Clark’s "Doll Test," demonstrated that Black children were being psychologically conditioned to yearn and favor the looks of White people at the expense of self-dislike. His critical findings were cited during Brown vs. Board of Education when the Supreme Court desegregated schools in 1954.
Here we are, decades removed and Dr. Woodson’s book is still widely sold and studied, while Black children are still predisposed to view White dolls as "prettier and nicer" with hair that’s "better" than Black dolls. Educationally, we face ever-dismal challenges where Black children enter kindergarten a full year behind Whites; by high school the gap extends to 4 to 5 years; and 58 percent of Black males don’t even graduate high school.
Princeton researchers recently published a 7-year study, concluding that a 20-year "Manhattan Project-effort" is necessary to close today’s education and economic gaps of racial inequality. Just so you’ll know, the original Manhattan Project was a massive pursuit, costing the equivalent of $22 billion and comprising thousands of scientists who developed the A-Bomb in 1945 to nuke Japan into a crisp. So, to infer this same category of endeavor, speaks to the comparative enormity of the challenge.
There's good reason for skepticism since Black kids who dropout commonly say "classes aren’t interesting." And as far back as my childhood in the 1960s, "Acting White" has been a tagline used by Black kids to ridicule those who academically excel. Naturally, adults respond by saying, "there’s nothing White about being smart." Although this is absolutely true, it absolutely misses the point and fails to address the sociopolitical and mis-educational factors that confound young minds to misconstrue smartness with Whiteness.
continue reading
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
R.I.P Guru
R.I.P
Keith Elam (July 17, 1962–April 19, 2010[2]), better known by his stage name Guru, was an American rapper and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr. He was born in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury,[3]. The name Guru is a backronym that stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal and the less-often used God is Universal; he is the Ruler Universal, which are both references to the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.
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Keith Elam (July 17, 1962–April 19, 2010[2]), better known by his stage name Guru, was an American rapper and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr. He was born in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury,[3]. The name Guru is a backronym that stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal and the less-often used God is Universal; he is the Ruler Universal, which are both references to the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.
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