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Originally posted by RoboBlaster
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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This is a valid point. It all starts at home. However.... I came from a poor family, not poverty, but far from well off. Both my parents worked, and did not have as much time as they would have liked to stay at home with my sister and me. However, they made sure that the time they were able to spend was top notch. They encouraged me to learn to read when I was haveing problems with it early on, and fostered it to the point that I was reading on a 9th grade level in 3rd grade. Oddly enough I still can't spell worth a shit. There are ways to deal with these issues, if the "parents" involved are will to BE parents, and do things, like, oh, lets say teach their kids how to speak english.