?If I Were A Poor Black Kid? Inadvertently Touches On Sad Education And Tech Truths

You may have read the recent Forbes editorial by Gene Marks, entitled "If I Were A Poor Black Kid", which entered instant infamy as a textbook example of a failure to comprehend privilege, or at least failure to communicate that comprehension. The internet has taken him to task for his "let them eat cake" attitude, recommending these kids utilize schoolwork-tracking websites and services like Khan Academy when many of them are too busy avoiding being crushed by poverty and an inattentive school system. There's no need for us to add our voice to the chorus (this isn't PrivilegeCrunch, though it may occasionally appear that way), but it's a good time to take his rather tone-deaf recommendations and make something positive of them. Marks is right that technology and the web have a lot to offer impoverished kids and districts, but his application of them is upside-down and backwards.

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