America’s rich and blunt past of economical advancement came from two of the most notorious actions. One might say, what are these actions? The answer lies within slavery and drug dealing. This is the paradox!

This country have families that live abundantly off the murders, rapes, and destruction of the African American race. Why is the legalization of marijuana a whisper in the wind? Why is it that conservative views of many different trades and fields are not the direct agenda of the national educational system? Hum……..

This next presidential election is essential to how America is viewed and depicted by many. We, as Americans, are too ethnocentric. Many other countries envy our past and carefully watch our present. Our country never has declared a WAR ON EDUCATION; making education a equal distribution of resources. For example, “No Child Left Behind” was never fully funded and it created rifts into the cultural mindset of what public school could provide a quality education and desegregation exploited the brilliant students. I guess whites would toss around the educational system that their DESEG. student were actually different from their inner city cousins, brothers, or neighbors. This mandate created the statistical classroom scores instead of challenging the educational prowess of a child inside the classroom.

Some our black boys do not have a chance, so how do we expect for them to be grown now and all of the sudden a chance exists. It is a different feeling to be African American in a country that is systematically not designed for your achievement. Remember the game of MONOPOLY was not meant for African Americans. You tell me “What’s Worse”? I remain

Holding on to what matters,

Walter D. Hill, M.A.
National Youth Leader
East St. Louis, Illinois