Monthly Archives: May 2013

Race to Nowhere: Open Discussion on Education

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A colleague of mine sent me the following link Race to Nowhere Trailer to watch the trailer for the documentary “Race to Nowhere”. While watching the trailer, I saw some issues that have come up in recent discourse with higher education and K-12 professionals regarding pressures placed on K-12 and especially 7th-12th grade students by the government and colleges to be a “near perfect” student in order to succeed in an education system that is broken and yields very little promises for a successful future upon completing college….Though I have been discussing and debating my beliefs and thoughts regarding these issues frequently for the last couple of years, I wanted to put this out there to see what others think…

Is our education system in the country truly broken? If so, why? If not, why not? Is the federal or state government responsible for the improvements? What part does higher education (colleges) play? If you have some thoughts, please share….

 

A donation from Dr. Dre to USC brings up some questions

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A donation to the University of Southern California has drawn the ire of one Big Black Scholar:

http://www.yourblackworld.net/2013/05/black-news/dillard-president-asks-dr-dre-why-he-gave-35-million-to-usc-and-not-a-black-college/

basically Dre, is giving $35 Million to USC for the creation of a new degree program, whereas he could have put thousands of blacks through an HBCU with the same amount. It begs the question why did he chose USC instead of and HBCU?
I have yet to see a response, but I have never seen any indication from Mr. Young that he has an interest in the plight of his people unless its being exploited for financial gain. See Eminem, a repackaging of black culture being sold to white people, and also to a lesser, though also equally annoying extent, Snoop.
In the comments from this article you have many mixed emotions and thoughts about what he’s done, but in the end, I just see him as either being rich and highly ignorant or an ambivalent and uninformed former Nigga With Attitude, who has long since put all that “Nigga” business behind him.