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Its home environment and neighborhood environements...the very poor living in slums, ghetttos barrios whateve label you give it have pressures that other more fortunate kids cant even begin to understand....Look im an old white guy...that spent a good portion of my life in the worst neighborhoods of a major city...I saw first hand what some people have to live through and HAVE TO TRY AND OVERCOME it can be overwhelming...try and understand that these inner city kids live in much more dangerous world than suburban and richkids...they have to be aware of what they say who they talk to how they dress where they go...their main goal is not becoming prey of the animals they live amongst....more privledged kids cant even imagine what that pressure does to those kids
I know this, I grew up in a poorer neighborhood and my father worked for the government by being a maintenance man for project housing at one time. I grew up in a poorer family but I chose to study hard to try and succeed. I got a good ACT score which earned me scholarships that help pay for school. I come from a poor family. I won't argue that poorer families have a harder time trying to rise up in college because we can't afford it like trust fund children. I fully support PELL grants and need based scholarships. However, I think race based scholarships are unfair and racist.