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82for this as you laugh. The other hyperbole supporting Bolick’s statement isFoxxy taking the SAT. When she looks at the paper she immediately says,“This whole test is racially biased. Question number one what SPF lotionwould you use if you was gonna spend the day at the polo grounds fellowKlan member” (Drawn Together). This is a complete overstatement of thetest being racially biased. It doesn’t represent the test though. I interpret itas representing the American society who refuses <strong>to</strong> help these children ininner-city public schools. If we allow Bolick’s voucher system these studentswouldn’t be trapped in schools where they can’t achieve their full potential.Above all I would like <strong>to</strong> settle the stereotype that blacks are dumb.Most people know this is not true and the minorities that aren’t graduatingisn’t their fault necessarily. Clint Bolick writes about two researchers on this<strong>to</strong>pic. “Chubb and Moe set out <strong>to</strong> discover why suburban public schools andinner-city private schools generally produced good academic outcomes,while inner-city public schools were disasters” (241). This shows it’s not alower capacity for learning, but a flaw in the inner-city public school system.Furthermore supporting the fact that the fault is in the schooling areexamples from the car<strong>to</strong>on show Drawn Together. At the beginning of theepisode there is a dialogue between Foxxy and a law enforcement officerafter she solved a case, Foxxy: “This ain’t no monster god. It’s Hans the sixarmed circus freak.” Officer: “Well Foxxy you cracked yet another case”(Drawn Together). This shows that she has the potential <strong>to</strong> do well like the

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