My kids are told by me to do what the teacher says. How can that be a “black” thing? And I know the problem gets worse for those problem kids when they get to college where performance ratchets up and nobody really cares.
This is no “social phenomenon”. It is a natural, predictable offshoot of the burgeoning entitlement society and the dependency mindset that ensues from it. Those being ‘helped’ begin to expect the outcome, not just the help. That leads to demands for concessions and special treatments that become the new norms.
Toss in a healthy dollop of parental “don’t-give-a-damn” and you have exactly what is described in this article.
Stop the entitlements, stop the coddling, stop the pandering to the ‘victim’ class, and that will go a long way to correcting this issue.
This must be part of what they tout as "whites do not understand the Black Culture". That's true, to a large extent, in that 75% of Black children are born "without fathers", and are born regularly to entitle the mother to increased income for per-child entitlement handouts, and are sent to school ONLY because it's required. Then, they grow up in "Da Hood", to learn how to use the system just like their unknown fathers, living a parasitic, non-productive lifestyle, while screaming "Racism" whenever they break the rules and are made to pay the price (which is becoming very, very rare, as Lawsuits make enforcement on Minorities VERY difficult).
As another poster mentions, they are NOT equally doled out punishment, purely because of their race, as whites are REGULARLY disciplined without fear of "Racism", while a lesser percentage of Blacks are punished, due purely to fear of being called "Racist".
One of my classmates came into class one day, obviously high on something. He was grinning like a jackass eating briers.
When the prof. asked if there were any questions, the buzzed classmate asked the professor, “Why don't you ever smile?”
The professor stiffened, & replied, “Get out of my class & don't come back”.
This is the way classes SHOULD be conducted. Those students who are obstructing education should be expelled immediately. Period.
But, I wouldn't want them sent home to watch TV & play video games. I'd make them do cleaning jobs on campus, while reminding them that menial labor is all they can expect w/o an education, so they might as well get used to it.
Yeah the “growing national problem” is looking at race in this at all. Should look at behavior only