I, Racist

[StillStanding]

The more I think about racism in our country, the more I agree it's about bigotry of low expectations. Lower income children are not expected to achieve at the highest level or to respect authority as much as higher income kids. Lower income kids are praised when they achieve something mediocre, while the same achievement in better schools would be shamed as not good enough.

The goal of lower income children (mostly) is to graduate from High School and find a job. College is something that can be a dream. In higher income families, going to college is not even an option. In many Asian families, not being in the top 5% of their class is a shame!

The reason higher income children succeed more in life is because they were given very high expectations from parents and their school system all their life. Are they smarter than lower income children? NO! It's just that expectations from low income families and their school system are low. This is the bigotry of low expectations!

Case in point: Remember when Oakland schools tried to introduce Ebonics as a viable alternate in the inner city schools? Bigotry at it's worst!