If I Were A Poor Black Kid Analysis

Blog writer, Gene Marks, talks in his article "If I Were A Poor Black Kid", expressing his steps to be taken as a poor, young, African American child in Philadelphia. He overviews topics like technology opportunities, study habits and, goals to give yourself as a means to solve the issues of the setting such a child would be placed in. He says things such as "If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to make sure I got the best grades possible." Describing how if put in such a position would not be an issue. How he would succeed because he would be one of the kids who knew about the opportunities at his feet, "So many kids from West Philadelphia don’t even know these opportunities exist for them." That he says so few …show more content…
Gene goes into his discussion of how to make a young African American successful from a late age in America. Kelly talks about how if oppression of African Americans had never been present and they had never had to fight to get to where they are today then an article like Gene Marks would not exist. While Kelly 's point is not wrong she argues a point that cannot be changed. The past is stagnant and arguing over a topic as such will only lead to a stagnant answer. Genes article lacks luster in the aspect of improper information for the points he tries to back up. Such a background not only differs but is almost on the opposite side of playing field. Both of the authors voice there opinions with facts but also an unrealistic and cruel view of the other race. Gene viewing young black children as childish for not using the resources he points out, without proper evidence to back up such claims. Kelly once again talks about the past and while accurate, has a very small connection to Genes article which talks about the current state of reality not how it could have been in the past. Having so many dissimilarities the topics these articles still share the issue of racial controversial issues. These articles bring up the issue of racial …show more content…
Kelly does this to show that even though means have been ongoing over years to reduce the gap that is inequality. She provides such information to also identify that even if given absolute inequality, due to the past such ethnicities would still be at a disadvantage due to starting once again on a lower playing field. Sadly this issue in the current state that America is in cannot be instantaneously fixed, the United States, let alone the world cannot sustain the supplements require to undergo such a money funded cause. This aspect of change is unobtainable currently however we do have the means to start a program designs to due to same thing over time, a way to deteriorate the threshold between the oppressed and the