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Our educational system should focus on providing every child with an equal education, irrespective of his cultural background.
If parents would be more concerned with their children education and if our schools would focus more on rehabilitating a troubled child than punishing him, perhaps black boys would have a better life and higher chances of success.
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Zero tolerance of black children, available at http://www.solarsouls.com/2007/03/23/zero-tolerance-of-black-children/
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