And I feel like we, or I, have went off into the weeds to the point of my original posts. There are so many different pieces to this puzzle but it feels like the media, or society in general, want to latch onto a few of the louder more sensational talking points and act like they are the absolute cause of these issues. Especially when it can paint one side of the argument evil. When in reality there are 100 different pieces, and usually it's the less sexy ones that imo at least, are the real issues that need to be fixed.
For example, family support would do a whole hell of a lot more to fix the minority education issue than pumping more money into a school that is failing. Now that itself takes us down another rabbit hole as to why the family isn't as supportive, a lot of which is caused by systematic racism over the years, war on drugs, etc .... but also 66% of black families are single parent households (compared to 41% hispanic and 33% white) which makes it very difficult for that single parent to be active in their child's education. And not all of that is due to white oppression, sure it plays a large part but at some point you have to take ownership and change things you can control. If you are waiting for white people and or the govt to fix things you are going to be waiting for an eternity and you will never get out of your bad situation. Never ever ever.
We as white people need to recognize, and I do, that we have put the black race at a serious disadvantage over the last 300 years, and do what we can to help. But a group as a whole can only be lifted so much by outside forces. If they want things to change, it has to be up to them, and us supporting them along the way.
Sorry, if you think I'm a racist. I'm not. I just want solutions to be found and uncomfortable conversations with real data and information is vital to that.
Edit: and in more urban area's that 66% rises to almost 80%. Not good and is recipe for continued failings.