Bloody but Unbowed

Another day which is bitter sweet! Should be bitter sweet ot all who care about education for Black people. We are about to witness a "first" in history: the inauguration of the first openly Black president! We are going to have a holiday on Monday for the assassinated
Dr. King (mind you we celebrate his birthday, but say nothing about what happened to him because of this country's racism) In fact, April 4th passes without much mention. Most other races, ethnic or religious groups want the country to remember the bad times so that it never happens again, yet we the yet to be full citizens of the United States, remember Dr. King being born, not how and why he died. So much for the past.
The glorious times we are now celebrate and will again celebrate all over the country on Tuesday will be the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama. Oh what a wonderful time we will all have because never in our wildest dreams did we think it would happen in our lifetime. It did! Now what: As Dr. King said, "Where do we go from here?" That's enough of the sweet.

The bitter: According to Phillip Jackson of the Black Star Project:
"....the educational, social, and economic outcomes of most Black chikldren are a catastrophe!
Why? Phillip continues
. Murders of Black males between the ages of 14 and 17 rose by 40%
. In 2001, the chances of going to prison for a black male was 32%
. In 2003, 1,172 Black children died from gunfire
. More Black children died in Chicago from gunfire in 2008 than Chicago soldiers died in Irag
. Just 22% of Black makes who began at a four year college graduated within six years
. The average 17 year-old-Black student has the reading and math scores of the aveage European American student

Phillip calls this genocide; I call this a pitiful interest in what happens educationally to Black children. Blacks must be inferior; European Americans must think that Blacks are inferior. Arne Duncan, the new secretary of education is European American. What does your logic 101 class tell you? Please get involved!!!
Bitter:"