I think honest people who GENUINELY care about the black community (a very small subset of those–mostly white–who have arrogated to themselves the patronizing and emotionally abusive role of speaking FOR the black community) have to point out that OPPOSING CHARTER SCHOOLS IS INHERENTLY RACIST.
There is no other good way to look at it. Black kids from bad homes in poor neighborhoods tend to flourish in those schools. They are more insulated from the judgment of their peers, particularly. I don’t know the specific reasons these schools work, but they do.
Any person who opposes Charter Schools opposes black educational achievement. Full stop. No other way to look at it from my perspective.
And as far as payment, the system varies, but where I am they “bill” all taxpayers a percent of their income. But since just under half of all Americans don’t actually pay income tax, net, this means that about half the community is paying for the other half of the community. Even though my kids are long grown, I continue to contribute.
Why not let people who are not paying the share of taxes they are using to purportedly get an “education” for their kids, use those allocated taxes any way they want? Get competition between schools, as to who can attract the parents with the money?
Sweden did this. Let me repeat that: SWEDEN DID THIS. And what happened? Not only did superior alternative schools open up everywhere, but the overall level of education across the board, including in public schools, went up.
If you want people to do something, they need motivation. Fear of pain is one motivation, but so too is pride, and pride will generate vastly more positive social effects than fear of punishment, which no infrequently breeds LESS compliance, because fuck you Mr. Government, for no particular reason other than that you are in my face.
It can be tiring for me, seeing how much possibility exists that is unseen, or actively opposed by the blind and the wicked and the rotten, using lies.
But opposition to Charter Schools is inherently racist. We need to make this a common theme.