بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم

As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Beloved Asiatic Black Brothers & Sisters!

I recently read a news article concerning transfer rates of California Juniour Colleges. Santa Monica College in West Los Angeles, is the Number One Transfer College in California.

However, the statistic involving the Black Student Populace is ALARMING.

They boasted that the number of Black Student Transfers was number one, but here are the numbers, Brothers and Sisters.

2017-2018 SMC sent 1,289 students to UC campuses.
The number of BLACK students was 54.

54 BLACK STUDENTS OUT OF 1,289!!!

54!!!! And embarrassingly, this was the number one school for Black Student transfers.

54.

Let’s do the Math. 1289 divided by 54 is 23 per cent. 50 per cent is failing. 23?

Twenty-three per cent of the College transfers were Black.

I blame my generation.

We talked so bad about the college educated that the upcoming generation bowed out of it. What with Student Loans; Unemployment; Lack of Common Sense…

Why even bother???

My question is, What are you guys doing as an alternative?

I think the drug business is booming. Just from my own personal observations. Crack and powder are everywhere. Meth. Heron. I don’t want to talk about the “p” word. But I see it.

I mean, really. How far can one go working at Subway? Walgreens? Popeyes?

Where are our Doctors? Where are our Engineers? Where are our College Professors and Educators?

Man. 54???

It’s never too late. Maybe you are out traveling the world, getting some real life education and will go get the technical training after. I mean, there is some value in anthropology.  But 54? I feel like crying. But I’m too much of an optimist. 🙂