<p>I know in my school the black males who have the potential to do well in aps and honors dont take those courses bc its not considered cool and its not expected of them. For females its a little diff, no other females look down on me bc i challenge myself academically, boys get a lot of flack for it</p>
<p>The white population at my school do not expect a black male to be smart. when a black male does achieve, teachers and other students act so surprised, like it not normal for them to be intelligent. This year there were 3 black females who got the national achievement, and one black male. Even I was surprised at this boy bc he doesn’t take any honors/ap and doesn’t do any other activities. Clearly he is not living up to his full potential </p>
<p>I think it has much to do with our culture and music. Role models for most black males are athletes, rappers, etc(and this is speaking from observing the black males around me), not men like Barack, Collen Powell, etc. Until Obama, the black boys in my school could care less about politics and education, they actually looked down on it. I like rap, but when u think of it, this genre of music reveres men who kill, sell drugs, get hoes, and survive 9 shots!! Most of the high achieveing blk females i know listen to this music but dont succumb to it. The boys do.</p>
<p>In my school I find there are more females that care about their education and look up to those who succeed in other areas than sports, singing, acting, etc</p>
<p>These are my observations.</p>