Going Against The Grain Pt.3

Many African Americans that are successful in life and have an option of what opportunities they want to give their children choose not to send their children to public schools. These African-Americans do this because they fear the public school system. This fear stems from the assumption of “a southern-designed system of ‘Black’ education.” (pg 24) Why is this? I still cannot seem to grasp this concept. I feel as if this is somewhat of a contradiction.
Many of these African-Americans came through the southern school system and yet, they turned out to be a successful members of society. They are priveleged in having the means to choose where their children attend school, and they make the choice to send them to predominantly white schools. I then pose this question, what is wrong with letting your children go through that same educational system that you were in? I feel as though they feel that the educational system that they went to was inadequate and not challenging enough for them. Because of this, they want their children to have a better education then they did which is understandable.
Many African Americans that are successful in life and have an option of what opportunities they want to give their children choose not to send their children to public schools. These African-Americans do this because they fear the public school system. This fear stems from the assumption of “a southern-designed system of ‘Black’ education.” (pg 24) Why is this? I still cannot seem to grasp this concept. I feel as if this is somewhat of a contradiction.
Many of these African-Americans came through the southern school system and yet, they turned out to be a successful members of society. They are priveleged in having the means to choose where their children attend school, and they make the choice to send them to predominantly white schools. I then pose this question, what is wrong with letting your children go through that same educational system that you were in? I feel as though they feel that the educational system that they went to was inadequate and not challenging enough for them. Because of this, they want their children to have a better education then they did which is understandable.
In some cases, Black schools receive a lot of media attention for the negative things that happen versus the positive things that occur. For example, the high school that I attended was known for its riots and stabbings, because that is all the news would cover. On the contrary, they never seemed to get any coverage on the protest that occurred. All in all, I feel as if these contradictions are ultimately not helping the “Black” school system. If these successful African-Americans would use the money they are spending on predominantly white private schools for children would instead donate the money used to predominantly Black schools, that they could make their local public schools better.