Black Youth is in a state of emergency. More than ever, African Americans are being pushed out of jobs, homes, and corporations quicker than everyone else.
Yes, the rest of America is going through a purging of the entire economy but we are affected disproportionately because we are the first to get fired and last to get hired. To combat this, we need to instill certain things in our youth so that they will not have to deal with this in their generation.
Kids need to have mathematics instilled in them early on. The main determining factor in most education will be math. Math sciences such as Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, and Calculus should be taught at the high school level and built upon as a foundation at the elementary school level.
But black parents listen up: do not rely on your childs school to do this. Depending upon where they are at, they might not even care about math. You as the parent must care about math and make sure your kid does not get into high school and struggle with math classes.
If your kid scores high on the math SAT, they can write their ticket into universities such as Cal Berkeley, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, Princeton, etc. Nothing is a panacea, however, give our kids a chance at success by instilling mathematics into them as important as they watch BET’s 106 and Park and know the video countdown line up each day.
Math now. Calculus now. Algebra now. Help them. If you don’t know how, it doesn’t matter. Just become the enforcer and sit with them while they do it.
