Great Schools for Black/Brown Families

When I think about great schools for Black/Brown kids, I get excited. I start to smile because I know the potential of these students. They work hard, but because of folks lowering the bar of expectations, we will never know our babies' true potential. Why Black/Brown students? That's a great question, and in this blog post, I will try to provide descriptors as to why I advocate so much for the poor and disenfranchised. 

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." You see, this statement manifests itself in the American school system. Often the poor and disenfranchised have limited access. 

Some would go so far as saying limiting access is intentional and deliberately restricts poor people from resources such as a sound education system.

We see many people escape poor education by exercising choice. I want to focus on one form of choice that doesn't receive adequate attention is zip code choice. Zipcode choice is simple; It's a family's ability to determine what zip code they reside. What's the first question a person asks when they purchase a house? I know for my family, the first thing researched was the school system. 

Our home purchase considered how good the school system was for our son's High School education. Many parents aren't able to buy homes that can afford their families access to a good education. Thus, parents from low socioeconomic platforms attend underperforming, under-resourced neighborhood public schools. The intentionality of this relegation is by design, and very little can convince me otherwise.

Next blog post: The Impact DMX had on my higher ed experience.