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Education Sec. to Probe Why Young Black and Hispanic Men Are ‘Less Successful’ in the Job Market
The Blaze ^ | May 12, 2014 | Pete Kasperowicz

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014; arneduncan; blacks; education; hispanics; obama; racecard; racism
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To: Veto!
Woody Allen once famously observed, "90% of life is just showing up." Employers would heartily agree. I recently talked with an honest to god "cable guy." He said the same thing. His company can't find and keep good people because they just don't seem to think they need to show up for work on time, and then to just STFU and do the job.
41 posted on 05/12/2014 8:25:09 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Veto!
How about uncovering this stunning revelation: many young black and Hispanic men don't get to school or to interviews or to jobs on time. Many do not know how to set a clock, whether it's a wind-up or an iPod. The concept of "time" is murky and inexact in their minds.

I came here to say this. In fact, I am almost afraid to, but here it is: I work in a place with 22 co-workers. We are a mixed bunch, 3 black, 9 white (2 of whom are Jewish), 1 Asian, 10 Hispanic. It's always the black and Hispanic ones who are late. Late for work, late for meetings, very nebulous lunch hours... more absentee-ism... I don't know what it is about us white people, but to us, "be there at 8am" means "be there at 7:45," and calling in sick is something we only do if there is blood, vomit, or a protruding bone concerned.

When we get sent off for training, the white ones are always there first. We're like compulsive. And I am literally nervous at admitting that I have noticed this. But I can't help noticing it! My black and Hispanic co-workers are warm, wonderful, friendly, nice people. But DAMNED if you can find them sometimes.

42 posted on 05/12/2014 8:29:19 PM PDT by Anamensis
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To: Williams
Cleveland Public Schools just announced they are firing 80 (count them) incompetent, bad teachers. Nothing like this has happened in recorded memory, and it still is not a done deal because the whorehouse "teachers" union is fiercely opposing the elimination of deadwood in the school system.

The teachers are mostly or all black and the students are mostly or all black, and the mayor and school board are mostly or all black. So you can imagine what it would take for the students to come out on top. The ominous reverberations of "that's racist!" are beginning to be heard already.

43 posted on 05/12/2014 8:35:00 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

Sounds like a huge mess, now if one of those teachers came out gay it would throw everything off.


44 posted on 05/12/2014 8:37:10 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Anamensis
"Late for work, late for meetings, very nebulous lunch hours... more absentee-ism... I don't know what it is about us white people, but to us, "be there at 8am" means "be there at 7:45," and calling in sick is something we only do if there is blood, vomit, or a protruding bone concerned."

"When we get sent off for training, the white ones are always there first. We're like compulsive. And I am literally nervous at admitting that I have noticed this. But I can't help noticing it! My black and Hispanic co-workers are warm, wonderful, friendly, nice people. But DAMNED if you can find them sometimes. "

That is the problem. I don't for a minute believe it has to do with IQ. It has to do with culture, environment, and pride.

If we could just figure out how to keep these folks from being disenfranchised and educate them, the nation's productivity would take off like a rocket!

Unfortunately, the culture and the education system has failed them, and the root cause of the failure is found in the "good intentions" of the progressives.

45 posted on 05/12/2014 9:56:06 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seething tells me taxes are going up and I smell a new assistance program or two..


46 posted on 05/12/2014 10:03:58 PM PDT by jughandle ( "We have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!" -HRC)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

UUUHHH, because most of them are gang bangers and drug users?


47 posted on 05/12/2014 10:04:25 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Everyone knows that racism is not the problem when it comes to low admissions rates for blacks and other designated minority groups. The problem is poor test scores, the inability to compete equally when the rules are neutral and not rigged in their favor. The reasons for this incompetence are many -- corrupt inner city K-12 schools run by liberals and Democrats, lack of stable two-parent homes, anti-intellectual cultural attitudes. But none them will be addressed as long as the Big Lie that white racists are holding minorities back persists.

-David Horowitz

48 posted on 05/13/2014 2:30:12 AM PDT by grimalkin (We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: A CA Guy
We CA Guy.....you hit the bullseye....but no one will go there....can't have the destruction of the family unit as the overiding reason can we...

Honestly, I work as a professional in NYC...if you are a minority and bring talent to the table....the world is your oyster....

So sad....the answer is so obvious...but because of PC....the need to blame others...
49 posted on 05/13/2014 3:15:25 AM PDT by PigRigger
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oh,
you must be a typical “white man keeping the negro down”.


50 posted on 05/13/2014 3:17:06 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Really simple. Bad language and presentation skills wrapped in affirmative action. Why does an employer (other that the government) want to add risk to their business. The idea is to reduce risk and increase profits.

When I hire young workers, I want someone that I can get rid of no questions asked. I might need to layoff for economic reasons, and I do not need any additional headache. I just may need to get rid of someone cause they are not working out. It is really very simple, whites are the easiest to get rid of, therefore they have the most opportunity available to them.

51 posted on 05/13/2014 8:06:11 AM PDT by D Rider (Don't give sharp objects to small children)
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52 posted on 05/13/2014 8:06:40 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
His company can't find and keep good people because they just don't seem to think they need to show up for work on time, and then to just STFU and do the job.

Yep. "Suit up and show up" is a mottos in 12-Step groups as well. Maybe it needs to get translated into Spanish and whatever the ghetto language is called these days.

53 posted on 05/13/2014 12:41:17 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Anamensis
When we get sent off for training, the white ones are always there first. We're like compulsive. And I am literally nervous at admitting that I have noticed this. But I can't help noticing it! My black and Hispanic co-workers are warm, wonderful, friendly, nice people. But DAMNED if you can find them sometimes.

It really is a cultural thing, but needs to be an Hispanic/Black thing as well. How can you translate it? Come to think of it, whatever happened to positive slogans framed on lunchroom walls? "Get to work on time" kinda stuff….

54 posted on 05/13/2014 12:47:54 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Not “you”, but your “whiteness”.
Your mere existence is keeping them down.

Seriously, when your culture is inherently in opposition to “what works”, you’re going to be “less successful”.

So, the real answer is simple, assimilate!


55 posted on 05/13/2014 1:02:23 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Calusa

You’ve completely solved the problem!


56 posted on 05/13/2014 1:03:03 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If’n the white man would get his foot offamy throat I could be somebody!


57 posted on 05/13/2014 1:03:37 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Fledermaus

Ask any lib, and of course they’ll give you that answer.
It’s axiomatic and not subject to any sort of scrutiny.


58 posted on 05/13/2014 1:04:02 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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