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Richard Lapchick / Protests, Racism and Hope
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Much respect for Richard Lapchick. This is a very objective article. His sincerity is crystal clear. T too, am hopeful that this may be a turning point. As I have watched the protests, I have seen them evolve to being less about looting and destroying things. I see young and old of various races coming together to focus on the real problem, inequality in America. This isn't just about police brutality and racism, it is about America and Corporate greed. Young folks are graduating from college buried in debt. They are beginning to understand that classism is just as destructive as racism.
There are people, Black and White, who are beginning to feel disenfranchised and marginalized. The goal of my parents was to help me have a better lifestyle than them through education and hard work. This goal is no longer realistic.
For example, my granddaughter starts high school in September. If she decided that she wanted to Major in Education or Social Work in college, what would that mean? To become a teacher or social worker in New York State, your need a Masters Degree. That is 6 years of post secondary education. Tuition is now $50,000.00 a year. By the time she enters college it may be $75,000.00. Now we are talking about spending a minimum of $450,000.00 for an Undergraduate and Master's Degree. Since this would bring us to 2030, being generous, let's say her starting salary is $100,000.00 a year. How would she support herself. By that time, rents for studio apartment will be $4,000.00 a month. So half of her pre tax salary is immediately gone if she wants to be on her own.
I could go on, but hopefully you can see how the current system is broken. No one in my generation or the next had to deal with the substantial obstacles that are being placed in the path of our youth.
Much respect for Richard Lapchick. This is a very objective article. His sincerity is crystal clear. T too, am hopeful that this may be a turning point. As I have watched the protests, I have seen them evolve to being less about looting and destroying things. I see young and old of various races coming together to focus on the real problem, inequality in America. This isn't just about police brutality and racism, it is about America and Corporate greed. Young folks are graduating from college buried in debt. They are beginning to understand that classism is just as destructive as racism.
There are people, Black and White, who are beginning to feel disenfranchised and marginalized. The goal of my parents was to help me have a better lifestyle than them through education and hard work. This goal is no longer realistic.
For example, my granddaughter starts high school in September. If she decided that she wanted to Major in Education or Social Work in college, what would that mean? To become a teacher or social worker in New York State, your need a Masters Degree. That is 6 years of post secondary education. Tuition is now $50,000.00 a year. By the time she enters college it may be $75,000.00. Now we are talking about spending a minimum of $450,000.00 for an Undergraduate and Master's Degree. Since this would bring us to 2030, being generous, let's say her starting salary is $100,000.00 a year. How would she support herself. By that time, rents for studio apartment will be $4,000.00 a month. So half of her pre tax salary is immediately gone if she wants to be on her own.
I could go on, but hopefully you can see how the current system is broken. No one in my generation or the next had to deal with the substantial obstacles that are being placed in the path of our youth.
The answer for your granddaughter is to start at a community college, then continue at state schools. Of course this reality is difficult for schools like St Johns University.
My daughter started at Tallahassee community college and transferred and graduated from Florida State. They have bright futures scholarships, prepaid college plans etc. Undergraduate was easy to pay for. But she got two masters degrees from Columbia, which cost a pretty penny.. But she could have done her graduate work at a state school.
My daughter started at Tallahassee community college and transferred and graduated from Florida State. They have bright futures scholarships, prepaid college plans etc. Undergraduate was easy to pay for. But she got two masters degrees from Columbia, which cost a pretty penny.. But she could have done her graduate work at a state school.
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