Lacking any sense, M. Night Shyamalan says U.S. educators favor whites
Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan rose to fame with the movie, “The Sixth Sense”.
However, given the fact that while males have been denied opportunities to participate in student government and white females have been denied theatrical roles, his recent assertions lack any sense.
M. Night Shyamalan, the director of “The Sixth Sense” who was once touted as Hollywood’s emerging scare-flick guru, said in a private gathering of education activists that America does well in schooling whites — but not so well in educating blacks.
“In America, we’re actually educating our kids very well … but just the white kids,” Mr. Shyamalan said, The New York Post reported. “If you pull out schools in which 85 percent of students qualify for a free meal, which are predominantly African-American and Hispanic, the data show that the rest of the kids are being taught better in American than anywhere else in the world.”
He also added, The Post reported: “Countries like Finland teach their white kids well, and we teach our white kids better.”
Mr. Shyamalan made the remarks at a gathering in former CNN anchor Campbell Brown’s apartment. Ms. Brown founded the Parents’ Transparence Project, and among those in the crowd, The Post reported, were Katie Couric, Grace Hightower, Alexandra Pelosi, Gilt Groupe founder Kevin Ryan, Newark Schools head Cami Anderson and Success Academy Charter Schools founder Eva Moskowitz.
The report didn’t say if Mr. Shyamalan, who just released a book, “I Got Schooled,” spoke about the test scores of other minorities, like Asians, that are typically high.
Horror film honcho M. Night Shyamalan: U.S. educators favor whites over blacks (The Washington Times)
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Moronic. Education is not about raising the top of someone’s head and dumping in info. It requires corresponding interest and activity from the recipient. Shyamlan must be an Obama voter.
In order for this narrative to prove “white privilege”, we all have to overlook the fact that Asian students are performing far above the level of white students.
42% of whites who complete high school receive at least a two year college degree.
46% of blacks who complete high school receive at least a two year college degree.
82% of Asians who complete high school receive at least a two year college degree.
The problem is that for every black that enters college, there is one that dropped out of high school, meaning that the reason that black students are under performing has more to do with the bankrupt culture that is Black America. This is a culture where men father children with multiple women and do not stick around to raise them. A culture where a successful man is called “Oreo” or “Uncle Tom.” A culture where dealing drugs, gang banging, and murder are endemic.
Blacks represent 13% of the US population, but commit 52% of the murders. 124,000 black students dropped out of school last year. THAT is the problem.
Cheers! It needed to be said.