Our American Educational System

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"The main thing they teach us in school is how to be good niggers, obey rules, dress in our uniforms, play the game, and 'NO, Don't be UPPITY!' Oh, we're trained for participating in 'the democratic process'-we have our student governments, but they can only legislate about basketball games and other such meaningful topics. Don't mention the curriculum—they'll tell us what to learn! Oh, we can express our complaints in the school newspaper, but the principal says what gets printed. 'Don't embarrass the school's reputation!' Not only are we forced to attend school in the first place, but we have to carry I.D. cards all the time, walk on the right side of the hall, and if the teacher doesn't want us to, we can't even take a leaks!"—From a high school underground newspaper.

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