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The key with computers is most any decent paying job (aside from some trades) these days requires using a computer.

Poor kids are less likely to have a computer in the home, so having computers in the schools, and classes on how to use them, are crucial for making sure those kids get those skills they'll need to succeed in college and the workforce.


As for private school, I don't think that's necessary. Parents just need to be involved in their kids education, stress the importance of doing well in school and do everything they can to keep their kids on that track. If a kid can graduate high school with a good GPA and test scores, then playing field gets a lot less uneven as they'll get into a lot of schools, be competitive for scholarships etc.

The problem is all the obstacles that make it nearly impossible for a lot of kids from impoverished areas (both inner city and rural areas) to finish high school, much less to do so with good grades and test scores. Find ways to alleviate all those concentrated disadvantage problems, and we'd see academic achievement go way up even if no changes are made to the school system. In a perfect world you do that and fix the school system.
 
[quote name='nasum']I'm glad that Atwater's quote is still pertinent since nothing has changed in our society since 1920.[/QUOTE]

It is still relevant, also some people may just as well be stuck in the 1920's and/or the 80's dd was talking about.
 
[quote name='BigT']I am a white European immigrant ;) I'm legal and a have dual citizenship... at least in California, I have not seen too many illegal Europeans...

As much as you may not like it, the truth is that we use stereotyping all the time... out brains rely on pattern recognition and use our past experiences to try to predict future outcomes... overall, this saves a lot of time and provides a survival advantage. Computers do it too, through branch prediction...

These knee jerk reactions are certainly not 100% accurate, but they can give a good starting point for decision making as they are likely to be more reliable than a random guess.[/QUOTE]Could you tell me what your first sentence has to do with a single thing I posted? Unless you think that somehow makes you an authority on the subject, it doesn't of course.

See here is the the thing. While I do understand the more primitive survival instincts of our primate brains, I also know that one thing which separates us from our evolutionary ancestors is the ability to think rationally and logically, rather than succumbing to more primitive instincts, the stupid stereotypes like you use. We've evolved past the point that we need to (or should) rely on those primitive instincts all the time, or at least some of us have.;)

But it makes no difference whether I like it or not. Trying to predict outcomes is one thing, racial stereotyping is another. It's abhorrent, it's something we should all actively try to overcome, rather than embrace it as you do.
 
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