By Moses Kamuiru.

For most African American children, homeschooling is by far the best alternative. There are problems in public school for all children, but the institutional racism of traditional schools means that black children have the most to gain from homeschooling. Today 15% of homeschoolers are minorities, but that percentage should escalate rapidly as parents begin to realize the benefits of homeschooling compared to the tremendous harm of public schooling. The following reasons substantiate my argument for homeschooling:

Segregation is still rife in public schools

Non-white students are disproportionately located in the worst schools in the country. There are 1,700 high schools (out of 27,000) that produce over 50% of the total dropouts in the nation. More than one third all black students attend these schools, which helps explain why the graduation rate for black students is only 51%. Kids who attend these 1,7000 schools are more likely to find themselves in economic poverty and prison than graduating from college.

There are some educational problems for black kids that are solved by homeschooling

Homeschooling allows black children to develop in a manner which emphasizes their worth as individuals and not their lack of value as members of an unfavored racial group. When they learn to read they can do so in a way that is relevant to them, and not in a way that is prescribed by bureaucrats and special interest lobbyists. When they learn math, they don’t have to deal with a teacher who assumes the least of them. When they study history, black children can learn about all the inspirational men and women who aren’t prioritized in the Euro-centric curriculum of public schools. Instead of being told how stupid they are or how little is expected of them, they can be free to develop their unique talents to the best of their abilities.

The African Amer4ican community has been sacrificed by politicians over and over again

The black community is worse off than most other racial groups in America in a variety of sobering ways – from HIV rates to incarceration rates to poverty rates. This situation is driven directly and indirectly by flawed or deliberately destructive government policies that disproportionately harm Black America. For example, the drug war, our foreign policy, minimum wage, public housing and gun control all have a deleterious effect on the liberty, prosperity, and security of those in the black community. It’s hard to put the finger on which government policy is the most destructive to the black community, but if I had to choose just one, it would be the public education system.

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