Reality

[Rasputin_Vol]

Dose of reality; Pinellas County Commissioner Norm Roche deserves penalties - The Independent Florida Alligator: Editorials

Roche, according to the Times, "wrote that St. Petersburg was unique in Pinellas in its number of ‘thug shootings' and ‘prostitutes beatings[sic]' and ‘social service recipients.'"

Okay, but maybe this was taken out of context. However, Reality complained in 2010 of "race pimps," saying "whitie [sic] isn't to blame for your ignorance."

In another comment, he said, "When a white kid and a black kid sit in the same classroom and are given the same information, tasks and assignments - and the black kid fails - it has nothing whatsoever to do with the teacher, the system, the unions, the funding or the school. Start with a 70 percent out-of-wedlock birthrate.''

:unsure:

 

[RespectTradition]

The differences between the comparative races' intelligences are negligible. There is, however, a large disparity between outcomes in schools. Why? My wife is a teacher. She tells me that she can usually tell which children will excel when she meets their parents in orientation. It is not the race that matters, it is the parents. How much support do the children get at home? And yes, two parents can give more support than one. I don't care how good a job a single parent can do, if you add only 1% more support from a spouse, then it is more than the single parent can do alone. If the parents take school seriously, the children succeed. If the parents see school as 'free' daycare, then the children fail more often than not. If the parents take the teacher's side when their is conflict between the child and teacher, then the child succeeds. If the parent's little darling can never be wrong and is being mistreated by the teacher, then the child usually fails.

Now, if I make any assertions about some races having a tendency to help rather than hinder, then it would be viewed as racist by some. That is too bad. If a problem exists, we can't figure out how to fix it if we pretend it doesn't. I don't think that any race is inferior. I do, however, think that some cultural tendencies can be bad. We need to identify negative cultural norms that hinder a child's success and eliminate or redirect those norms. How? I dunno. I just know that some hard conversations need to happen and the first thing is, we have to be willing to speak truth.

 

[Weezy]

I blame it on the 80s. Nothing good came from that generation, wouldn't expect the children of it to be good parents.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

I blame it on the 80s. Nothing good came from that generation, wouldn't expect the children of it to be good parents.

I beg to differ...

 

[MystifyingVol]

I blame it on the 80s. Nothing good came from that generation, wouldn't expect the children of it to be good parents.

It actually all started with the baby boomers, an entitled generation bringing up entitled children and grand children. They have truly screwed this world up.