Now that the United States Supreme Court has ruled that Michigan can discriminate against minority students at a time when many Americans can’t afford college, it’s more important than ever for Americans to know how to educate themselves.
The black community faces numerous problems. Black-on-black violence, white-on-black violence, failing inner-city schools, police brutality, racial profiling, poverty, disproportionately high incarceration rates, the breakdown of families, the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act and a host of other issues that can be traced back to structural racism and the lingering effects of slavery and segregation.