thewho.....
there is a school nearby called the MLK jr. school. it's in a dominantly jewish neighborhood, but the kids who go there come down from harlem and and washington hights - the minority ghettos. the school is extremely violent. a few years ago, there was even a shooting, and they felt it was so commonplace that there was only a tiny little 1-inch column in the post about the rampage. there are stabbing and beatings on a daily basis. they even used to sell crack right outside untill they had a whole fleet of cops come it ever morning and afternoon. the kids at mlk are even a hazard to other schools - my old high school lets kids out 3 hours early on holloween because for years the traditional MLK holloween activity wasnt dressing up - but tracking down and robbing the private school rich kids.
these kids have barely enough money to eat. most of them live in tiny apartments with half a dozen sibling, most with single mothers. now, what would you propose for these kids? a TBS or RTC? who's gonna pay for it? you fucking rich people spend so much time worrying about your kids smoking pot and having sex you have absolutely no idea what kids that really DO need help look like. next time you consider sending your kid away because she called you names, or snuck out, or tried pot, think about all the kids at MLK who have to live in fear and poverty every day right smack in the middle of the richest neighborhood in manhattan.
