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by R. L'Heureux Lewis onDecember 23, 2011
Instead of offering bootstraps to poor black kids, demand true school reform and alleviate poverty.
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by Zaheer Ali onDecember 19, 2011
Our insistence on equating "poor" with "black" has undermined the success of anti-poverty programs.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onDecember 16, 2011
We've rounded up the best responses to the controversial Forbes article.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onDecember 14, 2011
"If I Were a Poor Black Kid" drew massive criticism. A Forbes staffer explains that that might have been the whole point.
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by Elon James White onDecember 14, 2011
Middle-class white guy writes about what he would do if he were a poor black kid. Craziness ensues.
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