It sounds like we have some common ground. Several anti-racist activists I've spoken with, myself included, are not fond of the way the extra moneys are being spent. Particularly, many people wonder about 85% of teachers being white and middle class, while they are teaching working class Black youth.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say the public schools are the least racially integrated and set the lowest academic and moral standards, however. I am confused, actually. How can these public schools have the least racial diversity, when there are other public schools supporting towns and villages that are literally almost 100% white? I find this unlikely. Can you show me information backing up your statement?

I am also curious how you are analyzing the moral and academic standards for the school systems.

I'm not trying to be rude, but I think that you're looking at things in a way that isn't useful. Let's find where the problems begin, and work on them, instead of making accusatory statements about the students as Lonsberry has done.

I suggest learning more about the impact of culturally incompatible education to lead to analysis that will bring change.

I myself am a proponent of alternative education models, and to be sure, I think they can be much more effective than the test-based rigid education models many teachers use in public school systems. However, most people do not create alternative schools for low-income students, so the question becomes how do we improve the public education system, while working within it?

One simple answer, that can be difficult in practice, is to understand the culture of the people being taught, instead of disregarding it and acting as though being the teacher means one's culture needs to be taught. It is shocking how much this assists students in surpassing their peers who do not have culturally sensitive education.

I hope that the small amount of common ground we seem to have can broaden. I hope that you're listening to what everyone is saying; some of your ideas, and some of ours are not that far apart.