I agree with Nadia's comment on that quote, that being stuck can be blamed on class. Class is tied into resources and income, and if you don't have the resources or income, there's really no way to get out of the rut that yore in. The systematic structure of social class makes it extremely difficult to move up the ladder. That's not to say that hard work won't get you anywhere, but hard work can really only get you so far.

I'm writing my paper on affirmative action if anyone else is also and wanted some sources!

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While I understand the reasoning behind the argument of racially based academic goals, this is not beneficial to anyone. Holding black students to lower standards is doing nothing to help them advance. If you know you only need to get a certain grade on something, you're going to try to get that grade and not much more. In reading a lot of the comments on that post, it seemed like many of the people thought that blacks were making themselves a minority and didn't want to come off "too white" and that this was keeping their children from succeeding. I think that's absolutely crazy. I believe that parents want the best for their children and I know I would outraged if I knew my child had lower standards than someone of another race. I think the focus needs to move from test scores to resources. If politicians tried to even out resources, then the test scores would raise themselves. All of these children have the ability to learn, they just need the resources to be able to do so. Changing the goals tries to recognize that students come from different background but don't take into account the resources that these schools receive.