- Mon May 12, 2014 4:59 pm
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday will host an Internet discussion aimed at uncovering why young black and Hispanic men are “less successful” in the job market and in school, and what causes encounters between them and law enforcement.Imagine if a White President had a "My Brother’s Keeper” initiative aimed at helping non blacks with shorter pathways to high wages, giving culturally relevant degrees instead of earning them and freeing as many convicted whites as possible. Our government is broke and is flaunting racism. Watch for the prison dump of blacks and Hispanics as Obama prepares to leave office.
The discussion is part of President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, which the administration announced in February. That initiative created a task force including Duncan as education secretary, and is meant to develop proposals to “enhance positive outcomes and eliminate or reduce negative ones” for young black and Hispanic men.
Duncan will explore how to improve the graduation rate, and proposes more financial aid, lower college costs, and better guidance when applying to college as possible answers for blacks and Hispanics. He also proposes shorter pathways to a high wage career, and a culturally relevant educational environment as other possible answers for minorities in obtaining higher level college degrees.
As part of Obama's “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative Attorney General Holder has been tasked with reviewing thousands of convictions of blacks males in order for Obama to use his pardoning power "to do some real good and free some people from the cages they’re trapped in."
