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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
There are people within those communities that are more than qualified in solving those problems, I am saying we let them decide what to do with their schools.
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But this is obviously false. Who is it that is setting up the afro-centric school in Canada? The existing,
white school board. They are receiving some resistance--from people who, it should be noted, resist the idea because they truly believe it isn't going to help, not because they want to see black kids oppressed--but it's still going to happen, and they will have a chance to see if it works. You act as if there are all these individuals in the community who are being kept from implementing their ideas, yet the number one complaint from struggling schools is lack of community support, especially from parents. If, as you implied, you have "met" lots of black people who have better ideas about how to run local schools, by all means encourage them to go into public education! If they are even moderately successful they will rise to a position of power very quickly, because as it has been pointed out, most professionals in these urban areas burn out and quit after a single year. Or encourage them to go into politics and change policies from that angle. The reality is there is nothing stopping them, except perhaps their own false belief that the 'white man' will somehow keep them from doing it.