The problem is not that blacks are more frequently disciplined than whites. The problem is that blacks misbehave far more frequently than do whites. THAT is why they are suspended and expelled more frequently. Compare crime statistics for white and black teenage offenders. The discrepancy is even greater. Why should it be surprising that the group that produces the most criminals per capita should face the most discipline?
I don't see anyone getting all worked up about the fact that whites are disciplined significantly more frequently than asians. And no one should care. If asians display more self discipline in class than whites, they should need less frequent discipline.
Blacks have no one to blame but themselves for their behavior and the reaction it brings. But as long as idiots like Donna St George and her enablers at the Post ignore the obvious, they will continue to play the race card rather than facing up to their own community's fatal pathologies.
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What a misleading headline and article. Why is the headline on the Washington Post homepage "Wide Gaps in School Discipline"? It's not a wide gap in school discipline, it's a wide gap in student behavior. I read this entire piece and nowhere in the article was ever suggested that this could simply be a result of African American and Hispanic students behaving worse, on average, in school than their white and Asian counterparts. I suppose the obvious explanation for the gaps--worse behavior by black and Hispanic students--would have been deemed racist and politically incorrect.
It's amazing that in this day and age, with a black president, black supreme court justice, black senators, black congressmen, black federal judges, black CEOs, etc etc etc people are still afraid to talk openly and honestly about the single biggest domestic problem in this country: 75% of black children growing up without fathers. THAT is the primary reason for the achievement gaps in education, for the income gaps in the workforce, and for just about every other gap between whites and blacks. NOT racism. NOT "unintended bias". NOT lack of "cultural sensitivity training for teachers" or any other PC bulls***.
Black Americans are every bit as smart as white Americans. The difference is most white kids grow up with two parents while the overwhelmingly vast majority of black children grow up without dads. Fix this, and you go a long way towards fixing all these various troubling gaps. But until we even admit that this is the problem and stop blaming "racism" for everything, these gaps will always exist. Racism will always exist, but it is no longer a leading factor in any of these gaps. Let's stop kidding ourselves and stop worrying about offending the oversensitive, and start talking honestly about these issues.
there are five time more blacks in the DC school districts . Even if you expelled all the whites, more blacks would be expelled.
“Why is the headline on the Washington Post homepage “Wide Gaps in School Discipline”? It’s not a wide gap in school discipline, it’s a wide gap in student behavior”
Typical corrupt “reporting” by the Corrupt Liberal Media.
Of all the double standards in “liberal” dogma, the double standard on race is probably the most rigid.
It is good to see these aware comments. I am seeing this more and more often when Liberal Racist Dogma is evident in the “reporting”. It has become so common that many times the Corrupt Liberal Media wont allow any comments on stories that involve alleged anti black “racism.”
Unfortunately, there is not a Conservative politician of national stature with the courage to attack this double standard on race.
But then Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be out of a job.
That is not true. Just as Asians are smarter than whites, whites are smarter than blacks. There are several reasons for this, but it is true.
they all say the same thing
most of the male black kids are a problem...and ruin it for all
and that most are not very bright
you get a standout here and there but he/she is beat down
it really is idiocracy and the rise of the feral predator long on brawn and guile but low on reasoning and intellectl..Molochs
there have always been issues in the black community even before we spoiled them and made husbands less relevant
but today it's 4-5 times worse than in 1955
and we all pay
and few even here will speak about it
I don't see this getting better...only worse
similar cultural issues are higher in most latino and other immigrant Africoid communities too...Somalis
and so forth
kids here will never know how we once were...shame for them
decent black people move to majority white areas to escape this or they go private
my cousins always said even early on you could tell behavioral and physiological differences...marked ones
less ability to sit still and pay attention...quicker physical synapse...jerkier...louder talking
folks have no idea how you damage kids when you give them scant affection and guidance in the early years from crawler to 4 or so...it just destroys them and is hard to repair
I have worked with the parentless black kids at my children's schools...same thing...they wont for love and someone to make them feel love, security and boundries..like they count
oh well...I've gone from Philip Rushton to an excuser rather quickly haven't I?
Where is the moral outrage? Jesse. . .Jesse Jackson. . WHERE IS Jesse Jackson?. . ..ooops. . .never mind.
“75% of black children growing up without fathers. THAT is the primary reason for the achievement gaps in education, for the income gaps in the workforce, and for just about every other gap between whites and blacks.”
I think the problem is deeper than just the lack of a father in the home. Obviously, a drunken, drug-crazed, violent, promiscuous, lazy, father will be no help in raising the kids. More likely, he would do more harm than good.
Kids need good role models, not just resident fathers. The truth is, our society has become so immoral that there are few people in our society who are actually capable of raising children properly or being a good role model, regardless of their skin color, or the number of resident parents.
Add to that the corrupting influence of Hillary Clinton’s “it takes a village” nonsense. Her villages are raising only violent gang members, as is to be expected, since few people truly care about your kids, but you.