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I'd like to see it fixed as well .. I admit.. I have no solution.


I honestly don't believe this problem can ever be fixed. Certainly not in my lifetime. The reasons are twofold:

1. The reality is suburban white people ( my demographic ) resent the premise that we need to "do" something to pull up a community that seems unwilling to help itself.

2. Black people seem to simply deflect blame and refuse to fix the issues in their community.

Example of this:

I ask : Do I need to go tutor the black kids who act out in Math classes because they don't understand?

Answer: No I don't. I have a hard enough time working with my own daughters to excel at math and to complete their daily work. I resent that their parents don't do what I do.


In contrast. ( and this happened at the last PTA meeting )

The parents of the black kids who are struggling all sat together and disrupted the PTA meeting shouting " you ( the teachers ) aren't doing enough to teach our kids." My kids have the same teacher ... my kids have two parents at home ... our kids have = opportunity. The difference?

We assume responsibility ... they turf it off.

Unless both sides agree to better each other simultaneously there will never be a true reconciliation. I just honestly do not see that happening.

I do not consider myself a racist .. We have a number of close black friends. The best man in my wedding and to this day dear friend is black. We love him and their family. Interestingly however he has been often accused by other black as not embracing his "blackness".

I do however admit to holding to stereotypes regarding the "community" . And those are rooted in fact.