Essay On Underachieving Kids

Critical Analysis Essay “Stop blaming black parents for underachieving kids” is an article written by Andre Perry and published in Washington post to convey Perry’s viewpoint and emotional experiences as a black man seeing his race being stereotyped by society. He tells different scenarios of times where people have blamed or made assumptions on black kids based off of their race. He chose to publish his article in Washington Post, in hopes that the diverse audience who reads the magazine can get an understanding of what he’s trying to adress. Perry begins his article by sharing statements of those who blamed parents as the reason for their kids underachievement. He tells us about the statement president Obama made which was “in some black communities getting an education is viewed as being white” he also stated what the school chief said “the lack of active parent involvement.” He then gives statistics on how black kids are smart and how other factors such as limited resources are the key role of why black kids are underachieving in education.
Perry goes into detail on what he thinks impacts kids education which is limited resources. He gives statistics and overviews of alternative reasons why black kids may be underachieving in education. He focuses mainly on limited resources as being the …show more content…
This shows how classism and racism impacts black kids education also, low class black families ones that have to work all day, live in crime filled neighborhoods lack the economic resources to enroll their kids in good educated schools. Classism affects people's ability to educate or become educated. If one was from a family background who did not allow or read to their grandkids then when they make it to school kids of higher class may portray them to be