Parent's Accountability and Responsibility Concerning "Illiteracy"

Some people already know the national statistical data for the percentage of children, broken down into sub-groups of race, in which illiteracy effects. If not, let me reiterate the data for you. According to www.testourkids.com, 87 percent of African American children are illiterate and 85 percent of Latino American is illiterate.
If you have a child, who attend public school and that child cannot read, who is responsible, as well as, accountable for that situation? You could look at illiteracy in a aspect of, if you as a parent, knew that your child was playing in a building that was condemn by the city for hazardous reasons, would you still let your child play in that building? That's what parents are doing in the urban communities, when you have your children attending these public schools. Studies on public schools in urban communities across America have shown that the structured curriculum is not challenging enough to the minds of African and Latino Americans.

However, there are still parents who have complacent minds, which continue to sit down in their comfortable chairs of "Do nothing", while that child struggles to learn. In my opinion, it's evident that the power structure of society has conditioned and trained the citizens, who are parents, to have a lack luster approach concerning their children literacy. Once that wall of apathy is broken down, I believe the urban communities will blossom in education.

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary."
— Carter G. Woodson (The Mis-Education of The Negro)