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Originally Posted by ladysycamore
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Great link. Dr. Gates really nailed it. I just wrote a long response, but the Cellar ate it.
In short, I believe that if the class divide has really grown so great within the black community, then at least some of the effort needs to come from the community itself.
As a taxpayer, I believe that my responsibility is to pay for decent education for every child in this country. Changing attitudes towards education and providing mentoring to the next generation is something that needs to be addressed internally.
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