He's giving you the story you want to hear.
Black people have no game plan when it comes to the school system.
Canada commemorates Emancipation Day (Aug. 1, 1834) officially for the 1st time
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Black people have no game plan when it comes to the school system.
nikka you know damn well it's because these black kids don't try and have no positive influences at home.
The black kids that applied themselves didn't have this issue.
Black kids must not be trying all over north America because the problems are the same and have been for 50 years. Chicago, Miami, Detroit, New York, Toronto, etc. All these kids aren't trying?
White teachers don't believe black children have the capacity to learn. And more importantly, the educational system is not to the benefit of a growing black child.
I'm sure I covered this in the Toronto thread in here before. I've had female Jewish teachers try to get me kicked out of classes because they thought I turned in work that I plagiarized. This continued into college.
I took two English classes in one of my high school years getting 90s in one and 60s-70s in the other. The Jewish teacher went to my other teacher and started bad mouthing me that I don't try and can't keep up with the curriculum. Thankfully, my lovely teacher went to bat for me and was saying how I'm a genius and she doesn't see how that's possible.
I was re-writing chapters, making panoramas of scenes and breaking down thematic subjects, subtext in poems, etc. Even the IB students were praising my work. That woman ripped up my confidence in my skills. Now imagine the damage they're doing to our kids from kindergarten.
My story is one of many, and your statement of not trying is an observation after the damage is done.
Black Students Still Face ‘Toxic’ Racism Despite Decades Of ‘Solutions’ In Ontario
Ending ‘streaming’ is only the first step to dismantling systemic racism in Ontario schools
A lot of advocacy groups have stepped up to get some things out of the way first and foremost. The streaming has once again been banned as well as suspensions from kindergarten to grade 3.
Now they are trying to integrate black people, history and wealth of information into the curriculum. We need something to be done because 58% of black students didn't even apply to college when eligible after completion of their 12th year.
There was a project in Alberta that saw success with a black curriculum including math, English and science which met the criteria of school board education, which graduated all of their kids with Bs and A averages.
The advisory board finally hired a black person a few years ago when we raised a stink about our education mistreatment.
Another figure we have to look at is the percentage of black teachers in the country. 1.8% throughout the nation.
We've a long long way to go. And much like many cities in America, we have the same problems. Canada is about hiding the unwanted and undesirables.
And it continues into university and college
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent...l-out-inequity-in-canadian-academia-1.3934776
A damn shame that the same problems from this lecture are still present wherever we are.
Not going to talk much about America because it's not on my side of the border, but I will say you have schools in America with a high number of Black Faculty members and the needle doesn't really get moved.
Baltimore: 41% of high school students earn below 1.0 GPA
Moving on, your personal experience is your personal experience. My personal experience is I didn't do the work to my full capability. When I went home I played SNES, shot some hoop and just relied on my memory rather than study.
I grew up in the Ontario system, I have a nephew in the same system, younger cousins in the system and see kids all over Toronto in the same school system. To wrap every black school issue up as racism is not true.
When you put stats up that say 20% of black students drop out, you can't dump all of that into the racism bin. There is a lot of disengagement, lack of planning and other adverse issues causing it.
Baltimore represents a different perspective in terms of economy. Disengagement, stems from kindergarten and these lower grades. They are behind before they get to high school. To add to that, kids are not left behind. The teachers are checked out, the government is checked out and the students slide into that same pattern. 20,000+ students earning a 1.0? That's not a motivational problem, that is systemic.
And yet, these are all methods of organizing and creating a person. Children spend more time at school institutions than they do with their parents.
Disengagement comes from the question, why should I learn? Children are clever, far more than given credit. They notice that they aren't present in the books. It also comes from the 13 - 14 year breaking of black students by educational staff from day one.
In 1985 we had a Black Parent Organization which outlined the problems that black children faced at the time. Lack of self-esteem, lack of black teachers, no black history or curriculum addressing blacks, low expectations from teachers, sounds familiar?
We can go back to the 70s and see the same problems. Why is it that these same problems have persisted for 50+ years in Canada? Mike Harris and other political representatives have been intentional in this continuation of the status quo.
You look at the 20% dropout rate but take a look at the application rate to colleges and universities. 41% - 58% of black students are not applying depending on the year. Second and third generation carribeans and other African nationalities are disengaged, lack planning, initiative in their children's education? I don't think so.
I think the disconnect that you're having here, is how education is purposed and structured. I recommend that you read the York University report by Dr. Carl James.
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They raised the flag for the 3rd time here today 
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Good bump, thanks.They raised the flag for the 3rd time here today
What ceremonies or events do they have planned in your area?
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From what I heard at the NAC, they're having art expo. I'm not too sure about anything else, I think the Mayor Declared today Emancipation Month; maybe we'll see if there is alot going on.
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Thanks.
Have family in Canada, but don't live there. I just like to keep up with what's happening.