Education is looked down upon in the Black Community, even more in the quality of the Public Schools. That boy in Baltimore who was Validictorian with a 0.8 GPA? How the hell are you even allowed to get Promoted to the Next Grades when you barely have a 1st Grader's Education Level? Teachers need blame too, only focusing on being Tenured and not attempting to understand their students at all.
No Child Left Behind has done a huge disservice as well, and on the flip side of that coin, many Black Students who do take their Education seriously and are doing well in school, are being conditioned by White Society and Foreigners into believing they are proponents of Affirmative Action, and not based on their merits, imposing doubt in many of our Young, Black and Intelligent (Shoutout to Masta Ace) Men and Women.
Also, I don't give a damn if you don't like it, to be successful, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and sacrifices to make something of yourself. Stop equating it to Racist Conservatives Bootstrapping. Do you want your people to succeed, have a good quality of life, or not? Then tell your friend or family member who is half-assing it out here to stop playing around and get his shyt together.
Too many of our People rather be Certified in the Streets, instead of Certified in Education, Family and Employment.