Those who overlook the negative impact of substandard public education upon poor Blacks, argue than one can still achieve academic excellence regardless of circumstantial obstacles through personal initiatives. Since no one forbids a student in poverty from performing well at school, the assertion does hold truth. Nevertheless, a distinction exists between possibility and feasibility. For example, even if a person born to a crime-ridden, inner-city slum with a school that provides no AP curriculum studies as hard as prepatory school from an affluent suburb with college-educated parents, the dearth of available academic resources, advisors, instructors, and scholarly environment make it likely that the latter would exhibit higher academic performance
