Posted on 05/12/2014 5:18:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday will host an Internet discussion aimed at uncovering why young black and Hispanic men are “less successful” in the job market and in school, and what causes encounters between them and law enforcement.
The discussion is part of President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, which the administration announced in February. That initiative created a task force including Duncan as education secretary, and is meant to develop proposals to “enhance positive outcomes and eliminate or reduce negative ones” for young black and Hispanic men.
In his February announcement, Obama said many groups have recognized that “persistent gaps in employment, educational outcomes, and career skills remain for many boys and young men of color throughout their lives.” He said many of these boys and men are behind both in school and in job training, and said underemployed or incarcerated men “undermines family and community stability and is a drag on state and federal budgets.”
Duncan’s discussion on Monday afternoon will focus on jobs, the criminal justice system and education.
On jobs, Duncan plans to ask participants the biggest reason why these young men are “less successful in the job market than other young people.” Suggested answers are insufficient education or skills, inadequate connections or networking, or employer stereotypes.
On the issue of criminal justice, Duncan will ask what cause “interactions by boys and young men of color with the juvenille/criminal justice system.” Suggested answers here include exposure to violence, a lack of positive influences, and biased law enforcement.
And on education, Duncan will ask how to improve education, and suggests the need for a more engaging curriculum, improved teacher quality, early access to college-level work, and increased collaboration between schools, families and communities.
Duncan will also ask how to improve the graduation rate, and proposes more financial aid, lower college costs, and better guidance when applying to college as possible answers. It also proposes shorter pathways to a high wage career, and a culturally relevant educational environment as other possible answers.
“There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. ~ Booker T. Washington (1856-1915.) ~ Educator, Author, Civil Rights Leader
"Booker'em, Dunno!"
Because they are Democrats, and Democrats are their keepers.
Because they prefer gang banging, hip hop culture over civilized society.
Because their doctrines and attitudes of hate are based on self-pity and revenge.
Because of peer pressure, racial and cultural pressure, all of it holding them down.
Because learning is hard work.
Because their parents don’t take responsibility for their educations.
There you go! All better now!
Because most employers have little use for employees who start and end every sentence with “yo”?
Low IQ and poor impulse control for starters!
Cuz acting white is a no no.
Because work is just a pain in the ass invented by some evil white guy.
AXE! Axe me a question!
So he axed me what I ate for lunch.
Then I axed him.
Good analysis. Fact based and rational.
But the DOE won’t come to that conclusion.
Time to close the DOE. It should never have existed in the first place.
I’m sure they’ll determine it’s racism.
If you and people like you are known to be productive, well disciplined, easy to train, and dependable, you will hired very quickly.
On the other hand, if you and your people are indifferent to your job, quick to look for grievances, and more difficult to train, jobs are hard to come by.
Pretty simple to most everybody except liberals.
How about:
Can’t pass drug test
Can”t pass criminal background test
Can’t pass High school equivalency test
Can’t pass literacy test
Can’t make correct change for a under five dollar purchase
Can’t speak proper English
Can’t F a girl without getting her pregnant
Uh... because they drop out of school to join a posse and give themselves up to a life of crime?
bfl
Because reading,writing and arithmetic are a white thing they refuse to participate in.. Honkies and gringos are here to fulfill their wishes so they can run drugs and party all day. No need to worry about who the baby daddy is. That there is what is considered culture these days. It is promoted by the press and embraced by politicians. That is why this problem exists.
All the Mexican men in my area have jobs as far as I can tell.
Agree. They can start by trying to support and bring back the black family, including a father.
Positive life outcomes from higher marriage rates to lower illegitimacy rates to lower drug use to decreased risk of suicide and incarceration are tied to an intact, married family.
Blacks and Hispanics have higher illegitimacy rates.
That is the cause.
Welfare programs that subsidize illegitimacy are partially responsible for the decreased positive life outcomes in the minority community, despite trillions of dollars.
So government programs are to blame for the ongoing negative outcomes in those communities, despite all the money.
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