It's for the children. Disenfranchised African American youths and their Undocumented Brown Brothers just need a hand up.
Well, where I live, there are a myriad of educational programs for young people. Heck, the schools even feed the kids 3 times a day. Yet my local district has a high dropout rate and those who do graduate can't read or write or do even the simplest math.
You can have all kinds of tutoring and special programs, but there is only so much a school can do. Most of these kids have "parents" (I use that word loosely) who do absolutely nothing to ensure their kids learn. When I was little, my parents read to me. They encouraged reading. They bought encyclopedias (no internet back then). They made me do my homework and if I was stuck, they helped me. They attended every parent/teacher conference and if there was a problem, my folks worked with the school to rectify it.
Today's parents are absent or just don't care, or they think the job of raising their kids belongs to the state. Whatever the reason, the child's education is neglected and the kid is destined to continue the cycle of poverty, crime, unwed parenthood and drugs. If the parents don't want their children to be losers in life, they have to take responsibility for them. No one else can properly raise their children for them.
