system
A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
When I was in HS black kids would bully other black kids for studying and doing well in school saying quote “that’s white ppl shit”. Obviously anecdotal but I have seen others comment the same thing from different parts of the country. Not sure if anything had changed in recent years. But if the culture doesn’t value education it’s hard to be successful. I thinks that’s at least part of the problem.
gpt
Was the same in my area growing up. The Urkel type kids were completely shunned but at least they weren't picked on. Anyone else making above a low C while black got bullied to shit. One dude I went to HS with put more effort into hiding his grades to keep face than 90% of the other black kids put into their work. He got teachers to lie about his grades if they ever announced them, always hid or crumpled up anything that got passed back in class, made a point of acting like he didn't give a shit about anything the teacher said, etc. Everyone assumed he would barely pass if at all but he graduated top 5%. I always wonder how many other potentially smart kids missed out on their whole education because of it.