A WORD OF ADVICE FOR YOUNG BLACK MALES -- GRADUATE!
By THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

The education system and the black community are failing young black males, whose high dropout rates are a national disaster, charges Phillip Jackson of the Black Star Project. School reform requires addressing the relationship between black male youth identity and hip-hop culture, says Jose Evans of the Black and Latino Policy Institute. The pair explain how educators and the community must reach out to young blacks to offer them a better future.

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