I did study black history in school, in the city, a significant number of years ago. I grew up thinking that people like George Washington Carver were amazing and accomplished. Now we have inner city drop-out rates so high that it’s disgraceful - robbing the world of people like Carver, and robbing black youth of their future. If Obama went to the inner city with a plan for stopping drop-outs, for stopping teenage pregnancies (beyond abortion), and a plan for promoting the formation and independence of private black businesses, I’d be willing to contribute as much as I could. But he hasn’t, and he’s not. That’s because in his infantile and deluded world view everyone in the inner city is a victim. i don’t look at them as victims. I look at those who are living lives of dependency as a sad waste of talent and potential.
“I look at those who are living lives of dependency as a sad waste of talent and potential.”
So true. And this is the sinister intent of the nanny state proponents: As long as everyone is equally mediocre, society is just.
I took a black history course in college. Day one there were lots of black students. The teacher handed out the reading list. Day two, almost all the black students had dropped the course. You make your own judgement as to why.
So, Ms Rice, how about you make the BLACK students take a course in black history? I already did!