Downfall of Education

This week Dr. Leslie Fenwick gave a lecture. She first asked questions about different statistics about the African American Culture. They were questions like what percentage of teachers are African American, who is more likely to score higher on standardize testing African American males or females? These question puzzled many of us and the answers to the question shocked the majority of us. She asked these questions so that she could introduce her new book and its importance. The book explains how the desegregation was ultimately the downfall of education among Black people. Dr. Fenwick and Dr. Richard Wright had some of the same views concerning this topic. It surprised me to hear this once again. Dr. Fenwick explained how there was a huge drop in Black educators and Blacks in Educated Authority positions after the case of Brown vs Topeka Board of education. As she explained the data I began to see the truth in her words. It began to sadden me to think of how we no longer hold the positions they used to.