December 13, 2011
This Talking Is Only Bravado: If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to...

If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to make sure I got the best grades possible. I would make it my #1 priority to be able to read sufficiently. I wouldn’t care if I was a student at the worst public middle school in the worst inner city. Even the worst have their…

Man, I can’t wait until they run the counterpoint on this one.

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  1. publicfigure reblogged this from jasencomstock and added:
    Can I please just pretend this is satire? No? Okay :(.
  2. erikonymous reblogged this from cordjefferson and added:
    Man, I can’t wait until they run the counterpoint on this one.
  3. rustbelts reblogged this from cordjefferson and added:
    Well. I feel this warrants...full, articulate, evidence-laden response, if only to recover...
  4. jasencomstock reblogged this from zombiecuddle
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  6. zombiecuddle reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
    It’s interesting to me how most of the critics of this article seem to have missed what’s substantively wrong here....
  7. gesinaface reblogged this from doctordisaster and added:
    I just…what? Isn’t...kids can do this without too much effort because of inherent...
  8. nerdshares reblogged this from doctordisaster and added:
    Don’t be silly, everyone! I’m sure all of the young poor black kids who read Forbes will find this incredibly useful!...
  9. doctordisaster reblogged this from cordjefferson and added:
    Amazing and awful in equal measures. (It’s not a parody, by the way.) Apparently the steps to be a successful poor black...
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  11. titivil reblogged this from cordjefferson and added:
    David Brooks just threw out the draft...he was working on for Friday.
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