Teaching FAIL

The term "racism" has been overused to the point of redundancy lately, but this is a stark reminder that racism DOES still exist in our country, and it's perpetrated by none other than unions and the universities writing our education models.

In a major United States city, Detroit, which is predominantly a black community, over HALF of the residents are functionally illiterate. Gobsmacked?  There's more:

Shockingly, virtually the entire illiterate population had completed elementary school – the level at which reading is theoretically taught.

The report noted that half of the illiterate population had either a high school diploma or a GED.

Even though these kids cannot read, they are passed up until they receive a diploma.  The soft racism of diminished expectations isn't so soft when you look at the incredible damage that has been done to an entire population.  The teachers, and their good-for-nothing union leaders, have lined their pockets with greenbacks, benefits, and protections while utterly failing at their mandate.

The fact that many of the administrators and teachers are also black allows the entire sordid mess to be swept under the rug, and is the Seal of Approval coveted by the union bosses, the government, and the media.

Detroit is currently embroiled in an eye-gouging, hair-pulling slapfest to break the collective bargaining union stranglehold crippling the school districts, and move towards charter schools.  However, even this move is rife with corruption and money grubbing.

What has happened in Detroit is criminal.  Shouldn't there be an investigation into this catastrophic failure of the education system and the unions?  Where is our Attorney General?  Heads should roll, and lengthy jail sentences imposed.  This is fraud perpetuated on a appalling scale, and ultimately all Americans are damaged when we allow our neighbors to be kicked in the teeth and victimized by a bunch of no-good thugs.