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TreatyOak

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  1. You could have just written, "I don't do anything to help people of color, unless posting on anonymous forum is somehow helping them."
  2. As I stated earlier, I support the people of color and promote their businesses for free to a vast audience across Central and now East Texas, while charging others for the same services. Can you and "Power to the People" @jimmyjazz share with me what exactly you do to support them besides posting here?
  3. As I stated earlier, I support the people of color and promote their businesses for free to a vast audience across Central and now East Teas, while charging others for the same services. Tell us exactly what you do to support them?
  4. To take it a step further, I actually wrote a book about history that has 4.5 stars on Amazon, lol. Not joking.
  5. Thanks for actually posting useful information, rather than just resorting to name-calling and insulting people. Sounds like a great program and I hope it works. In my opinion, it's virtually impossible to emerge from our inner-city schools as a well-rounded person. Just graduating is a challenge for a lot of people. That's why I think we should direct the very limited time they have for learning. Regardless, thanks.
  6. Yes, let's keep doing exactly what doesn't work. Maybe it will work this time.
  7. Thanks about daughter. I don't work in education, so I'm not exactly an expert. However, I know enough that what we are currently doing isn't working and the typical "throw money at the problem but keep doing the same thing" isn't working. My solution is to focus on helping people acquire the tools to give them a chance, like STEM, vocational, etc. We are currently doing the things people are defending in this thread and it really isn't working.
  8. You did see I wrote STEM and trade-school programs.
  9. My daughter and her friends are very progressive. Agree that parts of the city need lots of help. Hence, their program is helping give young people of color a chance. I think it's great.
  10. Right-wing anti-intellectualism, lol. My business supports and grows local businesses across Central Texas and now Houston. We go out-of-our-way to help business owners who are people of color to promote their businesses for free, but thanks for the label. Daughter is heading to NYC after school to work in finance. Her starting salary, for a 22 year old, will be north of 100K. You're damn right I'm proud of you. Public eduction in urban areas is set up to fail. I would prefer a program based on STEM and trade school programs exclusively.
  11. Yes. The urban public school systems are hopelessly underfunded, the teachers are overwhelmed and there is a lot failure in their programs. There isn't a lot of time for actual learning. In these areas, I believe that we should move to a more practical approach with an emphasis on STEM and and trade programs. If I'm a poor, disenfranchised youth in the city, how on earth is learning about the Ho Chi Min Trail going to help me join society in a meaningful way?
  12. Thanks. We is the people of Texas. IMHO, here are two things that we should replace with STEM and trade classes in the state of Texas: History Social Studies
  13. There's a lot of good points in your post and I enjoyed learning about your story. I certainly never claimed in my post that I wasn't racist. As a Hispanic American, I had a typically racist childhood — mostly by my Hispanic grandparents who were the most racist people you would ever meet and hated Black people more than you could ever image. We grew up in a mostly White, typically redneck part of San Antonio and everyone, including me was, well, a racist. When our White school played Black schools in sports, the racist stuff would fly in both directions. It's called the 70's in Texas. I am not talking about teaching White kids that they grew up in a hopelessly racist society and they should feel guilty. We should acknowledge it, of course, but I prefer students, especially people of color, should focus on getting as many skills as they can in school. My daughter's program at her university (go Duke Blue Devils—just saying), is doing an AMAZING job of helping students of color at middle and high schools. They're teaching them coding. These students are getting a kick-start in how to make something of themselves and it's working really, really well! If I had my choice, I would eliminate history and social studies programs entirely and make education more like a trade school. I'm sure I harbor many racist views, but I am proud to say that I own a large and growing media platform and I use it to promote the businesses owned by people of color for no cost. We charge the White folks. Sorry, no pics of her or her roommates, lol.
  14. It is needless to say that racism is baked into our society. We have profound inequality here on so many levels. I hope we can alleviate this problem, but I don’t see much change in my already-long lifetime. That said, my opinion is that we now teach people to feel like victims and that is as destructive as systemic racism to break the bonds of poverty. You want to help people? Teach them coding. Give them skills to empower themselves. My daughter currently does this through her university and the program is making a difference. Rather than focus teaching on all the wrongs, spend that time giving people skills. Neg away.
  15. Nice catch. Unfortunately, it is being reported that Jordan Whittington re-injured his ACL on this play and had to be carted off the field. Troy Omeire, who is being held out of workouts as a precautionary measure, was also injured and had to be carted off, well.
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