This is an excerpt from Trump’s speech claiming Democrat policy “traps” African-Americans in failing schools:
The Democrat…party has trapped millions of African-American and Hispanic youth in failing gov’t schools…I want every single inner-city child in America, who is today trapped in a failing school, to have the freedom– the civil right– to attend the school of their choice.
This is awkward.
But uhh, are we 100% sure that it’s the schools that are failing?? Because other races/ethnicities at the same “failing” schools– in the same high poverty areas– don’t seem to have the same problem.
Have a gander at the following tables (I chose Los Angeles County as representative of high poverty areas for name recognition, but any high poverty county works just as well):
Graduation rates |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | CA | US | |
| Asians | 92.6% | 92.2% | 89% |
| Blacks | 67.9% | 68.1% | 73% |
| Hispanics | 74.8% | 76.4% | 76% |
| Whites | 86.5% | 87.4% | 87% |
Meeting or exceeding grade-level Math |
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|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | CA | |
| Asians | 63% | 60.5% |
| Blacks | 16% | 16% |
| Hispanics | 21% | 21% |
| Whites | 52% | 49% |
This is fucking hilarious:
Meeting or exceeding grade-level English |
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|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | CA | |
| Asians | 70.5% | 68% |
| Blacks | 27% | 27% |
| Hispanics | 33% | 32% |
| Whites | 64% | 60% |
I know what you’re thinking:
But poor Black kids can’t study because they’re hungry and starving!!
Nope, that’s not it either!
Obesity by Grade 5 |
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|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | CA | |
| Asians | 32.4% | 31.3% |
| Blacks | 40.8% | 40.8% |
| Hispanics | 50.5% | 48.8% |
| Whites | 28.7% | 28.2% |
Conclusion
[Redacted for obvious reasons.]
Thank you to AY for compiling data.
• Census.gov.
• kidsdata.org.
• National Center for Education Statistics.
