Although the current U.S. Secretary of Education John King Jr., champions his predecessor Arne Duncan’s theory that the increased presence of African American male teachers, as he often repeats the statistic that only 2 percent of our nation’s teachers are African-American men; his argument falls short as the failing of Black boys is not solely because of the race of their teachers; but also, due to their struggle with the adverse effects of poverty, the inequitable distribution of resources across communities, and the criminalization of black men inside and outside of schools. The reality is while African American male teachers can serve as powerful role models, they cannot fix the problems of minority students, most of which they face themselves;
