I didn't know this fact, and I'm happy to learn of it. Yes, chaos pays - in more ways than one. What are the stats on Black men getting married and having kids? I have a feeling that stat is turning around. This may sound odd, but when I noticed some years ago black men doting on their dogs on walks, I saw it as a yearning to start a family. This is in contrast to crazy white women (including young women) pushing their dogs in strollers. I don't think that is leading to anything positive.
And that is really really really messed up. That is truly a cultural indictment. In the UK it is the white underclass that is living down to low expectations, more prone to violence, and take pride in it.
It pains me that people so often conflate immutable traits “race” with the things that matter culture, agency, and choice.
This is somewhat cheery news but I'm not altogether surprised. But college and prison aren't (opposite) equivalents. Most college students learn very little. The programs have been watered down and affected by the same impulse towards feminization and ease that have affected American education at every level. In most cases they're simply bureaucratic credential factories. They make a LOT of money (thanks to student loan policies and federal assistance) but ask a college graduate about American Civics or critical thinking or mitochondrial DNA or semicolon use. You're likely to be disappointed. This isn't the students' fault, of course, but it should dampen our enthusiasm in celebrating their endeavor. I teach at a very majority-black school and the idea that college students are "hitting the books" is an imposition of the traditional notion of college onto the modern reality, which is much different. If you register for classes, show up to tests, and use AI throughout, you graduate. End of story. I'm not even going to address DEI, or the ~300-point SAT bonus that black Americans receive (more for black men) in applying to elite programs.
And prison isn't like college, but negative. Prison is much more bad than college is good. Prison means (in most cases) that you were so antisocial and selfish that you were caught repeatedly violating serious laws. It would be as if there were more daycare enrollments (hundreds of thousands more) than child abuse cases. Is that good? Certainly. It's much better than the converse! But it's no reason to celebrate. College is increasingly wasteful, expensive, and discredited. Black men could profit more (as a group) if they would address their marriage and reproductive statistics, and this would probably help the black community more.
I didn't know this fact, and I'm happy to learn of it. Yes, chaos pays - in more ways than one. What are the stats on Black men getting married and having kids? I have a feeling that stat is turning around. This may sound odd, but when I noticed some years ago black men doting on their dogs on walks, I saw it as a yearning to start a family. This is in contrast to crazy white women (including young women) pushing their dogs in strollers. I don't think that is leading to anything positive.
Some of us have been on this path our entire lives and we were labeled a sellout for it.
And that is really really really messed up. That is truly a cultural indictment. In the UK it is the white underclass that is living down to low expectations, more prone to violence, and take pride in it.
It pains me that people so often conflate immutable traits “race” with the things that matter culture, agency, and choice.
“They want us mad, not motivated.”
Nothing keeps people down more effectively than keeping them angry about stuff they can't change.
This is somewhat cheery news but I'm not altogether surprised. But college and prison aren't (opposite) equivalents. Most college students learn very little. The programs have been watered down and affected by the same impulse towards feminization and ease that have affected American education at every level. In most cases they're simply bureaucratic credential factories. They make a LOT of money (thanks to student loan policies and federal assistance) but ask a college graduate about American Civics or critical thinking or mitochondrial DNA or semicolon use. You're likely to be disappointed. This isn't the students' fault, of course, but it should dampen our enthusiasm in celebrating their endeavor. I teach at a very majority-black school and the idea that college students are "hitting the books" is an imposition of the traditional notion of college onto the modern reality, which is much different. If you register for classes, show up to tests, and use AI throughout, you graduate. End of story. I'm not even going to address DEI, or the ~300-point SAT bonus that black Americans receive (more for black men) in applying to elite programs.
And prison isn't like college, but negative. Prison is much more bad than college is good. Prison means (in most cases) that you were so antisocial and selfish that you were caught repeatedly violating serious laws. It would be as if there were more daycare enrollments (hundreds of thousands more) than child abuse cases. Is that good? Certainly. It's much better than the converse! But it's no reason to celebrate. College is increasingly wasteful, expensive, and discredited. Black men could profit more (as a group) if they would address their marriage and reproductive statistics, and this would probably help the black community more.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/white-supremacy-doesnt-exist