Like
Diongenes with a lantern trying to find the face of an honest man
Harder
to find in an inner city school, a kid at grade level to read, write or math
understand
Not
the fault of the mostly black or Latino students but of a school system doomed
to fail
Causing
kids to drop out or graduate with a degree that’s not a ticket to a job but to
prison and jail
Blues
in Orange County are attacking John Wayne as a racist and white supremacist and
want to airport rename
Rather
than trying to tear Duke’s statue down let’s put some truth out and dowse the rhetoric
flames
“I believe in
white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I
don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to
irresponsible people,” John Wayne Playboy interview
All
should want the best and brightest in leadership and over us judgment
Not
mental or corrupt midgets crushed by problems seeking solutions to them sent
His
meaning is very clear—blacks are not inferior to whites because of their genes
Whatever
superiority whites seem to possess is due to the education scene
Whites
are not more capable due to their genes
Their
schools more likely pass on more skills to them to achieve their dreams
Bring
blacks up in education scoring and he is with them all the way
Would
be the first to dump ideas of white supremacy into Newport’s Back Bay
Our
failing urban schools are a national disgrace
Yet
tooth and nail Public Teachers’ Unions fight to them with charter schools not
replace.
Renaming
and tearing down the Duke will not improve black needed learning one bit
Deserves
our scorn, makes us want to puke, weakens kids of color’s ability to advance
with True Grit
© June 27
2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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