Anyone who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans knows that there is a large, well-educated black middle and upper class that graduated from great black private schools, e.g., St. Augustine. In New Orleans, these schools have been turning out black mayors, congressmen, business owners, scientists, lawyers, doctors, judges, etc., for decades. That is sufficient proof, for me, that race isn't the problem, it's the schools.
But it's also the families. Kids who grow up in chaotic, violent families are going to have difficulties that kids in stable, nurturing families don't have. Stable, nurturing black families raise kids who do well in school. Chaotic, violent white families raise kids who don't do well in school.
You might be interested in the following article from the conservative Cato Institute. The tone is sympathetic and balanced, IMO, not the rabid attack-style of conservatism that's become so popular these days.
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