Dominican (Half West African half Iberian) man here. Grew up in DR till 7, which is when I moved to a hood in the US. I came from a loving family (relatively speaking), but not knowing English or the culture, I was never considered black. Enjoying math and science, I was considered weird and crazy. Idk if it was the democrats pushing this, since they control everything in the area, but luckily high schools were broken up into “academies”. Thus, even though it sucked because it was still government run, it was small enough that things didn’t get too insane with the crazies around us.
I was very very lucky because these schools went into complete chaos after a few years because funding was cut, for reasons I don’t know. I found the same type of luck going into college and getting financial help. I ended up paying just 1/5th of my tuition because of benefits of good grades and being a minority. That being said, I was the very few that made it. A large majority (~85%) dropped out or didn’t care. It was a huge waste of money in many ways. But they did try to make it better. I remember a lot of white kids getting these benefits after a few years because the criteria was changed to just be about poverty.
Looking back at it now, it’s wrong how we took advantage of the system. It was survival of the fittest out there. Immigrants that come from struggle knew what was on the line. Now that I’m on my way to return to God (former atheist), I only have understanding for evil and
I will do Gods work in fighting it.
I don’t have much more of a point to make, just sharing some of my personal stories to raise morale (not that it’s needed lol). Also, I just finished watching Bret Weinstein black intellectual roundhouse. #Trump2020Landslide
Dominican (Half West African half Iberian) man here. Grew up in DR till 7, which is when I moved to a hood in the US. I came from a loving family (relatively speaking), but not knowing English or the culture, I was never considered black. Enjoying math and science, I was considered weird and crazy. Idk if it was the democrats pushing this, since they control everything in the area, but luckily high schools were broken up into “academies”. Thus, even though it sucked because it was still government run, it was small enough that things didn’t get too insane with the crazies around us.
I was very very lucky because these schools went into complete chaos after a few years because funding was cut, for reasons I don’t know. I found the same type of luck going into college and getting financial help. I ended up paying just 1/5th of my tuition because of benefits of good grades and being a minority. That being said, I was the very few that made it. A large majority (~85%) dropped out or didn’t care. It was a huge waste of money in many ways. But they did try to make it better. I remember a lot of white kids getting these benefits after a few years because the criteria was changed to just be about poverty.
Looking back at it now, it’s wrong how we took advantage of the system. It was survival of the fittest out there. Immigrants that come from struggle knew what was on the line. Now that I’m on my way to return to God (former atheist), I only have understanding for evil and I will do Gods work in fighting it.
I don’t have much more of a point to make, just sharing some of my personal stories to raise morale (not that it’s needed lol). Also, I just finished watching Bret Weinstein black intellectual roundhouse. #Trump2020Landslide