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Culture - it's the real barrier to college. Basically even our professional parents do not do enough preparation for us to go to college.

- no financial saving for college
- no prep courses for standardized tests
- poor schools, or treated poorly in good schools - either by being tracking into special ed, or into athletics
- many of our parents haven't been to college, or were the first ones in the family - no cultural capital. It's quite a thing when your parents have baby pictures of you at the homecoming game of their alma mater. When their parents, and their parents before them all went to college. That level of understanding of how education works in this country can't just be put into a 22 minute sit-com.

- not understanding money

Money is an important issue, but understanding how money works is even more important. There are tons of programs, grants, scholarships, and what 80% of all students use, Loans for college.

But black people, and poor people in general are afraid of debt. When I was a counselor I met a ton of intelligent students from rural areas who wanted to get vocational training. Having gone to college I'm very biased for college (although I've rethought that in recent years). But they were incredibly scared of going into debt.

You can't really explain good debt and bad debt to someone who's had stuff cut off and reposessed. It's beyond their scope of experience.

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Why don't Black kids go to college? [View all] , loryn, Mon Apr-30-01 07:05 PM
 
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Plain and simple
Apr 30th 2001
1
Not so plain, but kinda simple....
dobiewonk
May 01st 2001
12
      hold on
May 01st 2001
13
      RE: hold on
dobiewonk
May 01st 2001
16
      RE: hold on
May 02nd 2001
36
           RE: hold on
dobiewonk
May 04th 2001
47
      I don't know....
May 02nd 2001
37
           RE: I don't know....
May 03rd 2001
44
      Back when I was in school, we walked 4 hours in the snow..........
dobiewonk
May 01st 2001
14
           So you must know Jerwayne Ellis!
May 01st 2001
22
good point:
May 01st 2001
7
RE: couple reasons
May 01st 2001
8
RE: couple reasons
May 01st 2001
9
      of course....
May 01st 2001
21
No shit.
May 04th 2001
49
Money, Cash, hoes.....
May 01st 2001
3
RE: Money, Cash, hoes.....
May 01st 2001
4
      RE: Money, Cash, hoes.....
May 01st 2001
28
      It's simple
May 02nd 2001
38
      RE: Money, Cash, hoes.....
msm200
May 02nd 2001
42
Maybe a another question is...
May 01st 2001
5
and yet another question is
dobiewonk
May 01st 2001
15
      RE: and yet another question is
msm200
May 02nd 2001
43
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
May 01st 2001
6
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
ladyt277
May 01st 2001
11
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
May 01st 2001
10
Additional input
ladyt277
May 01st 2001
17
      RE: Additional input
dobiewonk
May 01st 2001
18
      In fact
May 02nd 2001
39
      i don't understand
May 02nd 2001
40
      RE: i don't understand
dobiewonk
May 04th 2001
46
           trivialization
May 05th 2001
50
                RE: trivialization
dobiewonk
May 07th 2001
51
      WHAT?!
May 02nd 2001
41
      who does more..
May 01st 2001
19
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
musha
May 01st 2001
20
it's not for everyone
May 01st 2001
23
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
May 01st 2001
24
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college? --Answers
ladyt277
May 02nd 2001
30
--Answers
ladyt277
May 02nd 2001
31
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
dobiewonk
May 02nd 2001
33
lowered expectations, maybe?
May 01st 2001
25
yeah
May 01st 2001
27
I'm not sure about this
May 01st 2001
26
RE: I'm not sure about this
May 01st 2001
29
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
May 02nd 2001
32
RE: Why don't Black kids go to college?
dobiewonk
May 02nd 2001
34
      do the hustle
May 02nd 2001
35
Here's the truth
May 03rd 2001
45
BASTA!!!!
Wise_7
May 04th 2001
48

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