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The farm labor is bottom rung considering how much work it is compared to how little it pays. While the job itself may not be considered the lowest of the low, it is considering the pay. And yes, there are many programs to help Black Americans in Louisville and other places to get higher education. However, education begins long before high school. Children need a stimulating and personal environment early on to succeed intellectually later. There is a window of time early in human life where if you don't get that seed watered, it won't grow much later on no matter how much attention or help it gets. It just so happens that when this window opens is the same time that these lower class parents are out working and still don't have enough money or time to devote to their kids' learning. Achievement is limited to abiulity, and ability is limited to the conditions of childhood, conditions that are far from favorable.
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