I just found this today (June 14, 2008) in our local paper, The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin out of Ontario, CA. where we are a bit backward here in the wilds 35 miles east of Los Angeles.

I just wanted to say thank you for hitting the nail very sqaurely on the head.

As a former junior high and high school teacher, I can't begin to describe the frustration of having bright, willing kids ruined by the attitudes of their families and peers. It should be a cause for great embarrassment in not only the black community, but Mexican (Not all hispanics have this negativity toward education), all Cribean cultires, and many from the former Soviet bloc communities as well.

Once again, thank you, and keep beating that drum.